Arkansas § 9-18-103 - Orders to reach public employees' retirement benefits.
Full text of Arkansas Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 9-18-103 — Orders to reach public employees' retirement benefits., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 9-18-103. Orders to reach public employees' retirement benefits.
Notwithstanding § 24-3-212 [repealed] and § 24-7-715 or any other laws of Arkansas limiting the application of legal process to any retirement plans, the Arkansas Teacher Retirement System, the State Police Retirement System, the Arkansas State Highway Employees' Retirement System, the Arkansas Public Employees' Retirement System, the Arkansas Judicial Retirement System, and any other state-supported retirement system shall comply with any qualified domestic relations order as defined in this chapter. The boards of trustees of the state-supported retirement systems shall: Establish rules to implement this chapter; and Adopt a uniform legal form for use in preparing a qualified domestic relations order for each retirement plan. The state-supported retirement system's uniform legal form of the qualified domestic relations order shall be approved by the Legislative Council. A state-supported retirement system is not required to comply with a qualified domestic relations order that does not substantially follow the uniform legal form approved by the Legislative Council.
Source: official Arkansas text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Arkansas § 9-18-103
What does Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated § 9-18-103 cover?
Section 9-18-103 ("Orders to reach public employees' retirement benefits.") is part of the Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated, the codified statutory law of Arkansas. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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