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Virtually any judgment, decree, or order dealing with alimony or support for a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent made according to local domestic relations law is considered a domestic relations order, or "DRO" under ERISA/REA.7 It becomes a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, or "QDRO," and must be recognized and enforced by an ERISA plan, when it creates or recognizes one of the listed classes of persons as an "Alternate Payee" with a right to receive all or any portion of the benefits normally payable to a participant in that plan, contains the various required terms for such an order, and omits anything that would dis-qualify it from qualifying. All of this is detailed in the ERISA section of these materials. If a decree simply recites that the military retirement is split by percentage, the military pay center will presume that future COLAs are to be divided in the same proportion as the sum originally payable. If the former spouse is awarded % of the retired pay, for example, then % ofthe COLAs will also be paid to the former spouse. The presumption is reversed if the decree simply awards a specific sum of dollars to the former spouse; the dollars payable to the former spouse will remain constant irrespective of the subsequent increase by COLA of the retirement. William died in 2001. The plan administrator relied on Williams designation form and paid the benefits to Liv. The Estate sued, alleging that Liv had waived her pension plan benefits in the divorce and that the plan had thus violated ERISA by distributing the benefits to her. Once mother filed the petition to terminate the guardianship, the grandparents made visitation more difficult. At the eventual hearing, the mother was found to be a fit parent by the court based on the testimony of the parties-appointed psychologist, of the court-appointed guardian ad litem, and of the grandparents. The psychologist suggested placement with the grandparents because the child was "slightly more secure" there, and because the mothers re-entry into the childs life "still carries with it some lack of continuity," but that the child could strongly bond with the mother, that the mother presented no danger to the child, and that placement with the mother would created no psychological injury that could not be overcome. The district court terminated the guardianship. from the child support guidelines were set out the statutes. The Court further noted that findings of fact must be made when there is a deviation. The Court additionally noted that the "´basis for deviation must be found in the unfairness, the injustice, which may result to the secondary custodian if he or she, after making substantial contribution of a financial or equivalent nature to the support of the child, were required to pay the full formula amount," citing to Barbagallo v. Barbagallo, 105 Nev. 546, 552, 779 P.2d 532, 536 (1989) (quoting NRS 125B.080(5)). Id. at 320. The Court cited extensively to Barbagallo and noted that courts should exercise considerable discretion before reducing the formula amounts, that as the secondary custodians expenses increase, the expenses of the primary custodian do not decrease, that the primary custodian is the one who has to pay many fixed expenses related to the children including rent, mortgage payments, utilities, car maintenance, and medical expenses, and that those expenses were not usually noticeably diminished because of the non-primary custodian sharing in some of those burdens. The Court concluded that the district courts order did ". . . not adequately support a deviation from the statutory formula, and the district courts failure to set forth findings of fact as to the basis for the deviatio constituted reversible error." Id. at 321. Our dissenting colleague also argues that the Legislature should be creating the custody definitions set out in this opinion. The issues in this case and the Family Law Section's amicus curiae brief demonstrate that there are gaps in the law. However, despite these gaps, attorneys must still advise their clients, public policy still favors settlement, and parties are still entitled to consistent and fair resolution of their disputes. To resolve the issues on appeal and ensure consistent and fair application of the law by district courts, this court has attempted to fill some of these gaps by defining the various types of child custody. Shared physical care", for the purposes of the child support guidelines and schedule of basic child support obligations specified in this section, and as further specified in paragraph (b) of subsection (8) of this section, means that each parent keeps the children overnight for more than ninety-two overnights each year and that both parents contribute to the expenses of the children in addition to the payment of child support. Because shared physical care presumes that certain basic expenses for the children will be duplicated, an adjustment for shared physical care is made by multiplying the basic child support obligation by one and fifty hundredths (1.50). In cases of shared physical care, each parent's adjusted basic child support obligation obtained by application of paragraph (b) of subsection (7) of this section shall first be divided In other words, the focus has shifted from looking for "indemnification" or other language that such recharacterization is prohibited, to looking for some language indicating that recharacterization is permitted. Courts almost always require reimbursement of the former spouse unless the divorce decree permitted the member to convert the benefits post-divorce.10 Sometimes, the issue is reached by way of contempt actions taken against the recharacterizing spouse.11 There is only one known exception.12 The effort to make the legislation retroactive failed, and the bill went to the Senate, where they tried again.1 This time, Ms. Cooney made the additional incorrect assertion that the time rule does not allow divorces to be finalized, but "requires the parties to return to court to litigate the division and the value of the non-participating spouses interest."2 She further asserted that PERS was "unique" based on the early regular retirement dates for police/fire PERS participants.3 1. Nevada is the Home State on the date proceedings were commenced, or was the Home State within six months prior to that commencement, and the child is absent, but a parent or person acting as parent continues to live in Nevada.2. Either no other court has jurisdiction as the Home State, or that court has declined to exercise jurisdiction based on its finding that Nevada is the more appropriate forum based on Nevada being the more "convenient" forum, or based on the "unjustifiable misconduct" of the party seeking jurisdiction in that other State. Exercising jurisdiction based on this second category requires two additional findings: The district court ordered the father to pay support of $1,800 per month and to pay educational costs including tuition. The Supreme Court affirmed. The Court noted that a district court has limited discretion to deviate from child support guidelines citing to Anastassatos v. Anastassatos, 112 Nev. 317, 320, 913 P.2d 652, 654 (1996). The Court also noted that any deviation from the formula set forth must be based upon the facts set out in NRS 125.080(9). The Court further noted that "[g]reater weight ... must be given to the standard ofliving and circumstances of each parent, their earning capacities and the 'relative financial means of parents' than to any of the other factors," citing to Barbagallo v. Barbagallo, 105 Nev. 546,551,779 P.2d 532, 536 (1989). The Court also approvingly cited to Herz v. Gabler-Herz, 107 Nev. 117,808 P.2d I (1991), where the district court found that the father had vastly greater wealth than the mother and noted that the district court did not abuse its discretion in ordering an upward departure from the statutory formula based on a factor other than increased need. The father appealed and the Supreme Court reversed stating, "NRS 125B.080(6) requires that a district court make specific findings of fact when it deviates from the child support formula set forth in NRS 125B.070(b). NRS 125B.080(9) limits the factors a court may consider when it deviates from the formula. . . Nevada law clearly requires that child support awards must conform to the statutory guidelines." Id. at 376. The case was remanded with instructions to set child support pursuant to the statutory guidelines. Virtually any judgment, decree, or order dealing with alimony or support for a spouse, former spouse, child, or other dependent made according to local domestic relations law is considered a domestic relations order, or "DRO" under ERISA/REA.7 It becomes a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, or "QDRO," and must be recognized and enforced by an ERISA plan, when it creates or recognizes one of the listed classes of persons as an "Alternate Payee" with a right to receive all or any portion of the benefits normally payable to a participant in that plan, contains the various required terms for such an order, and omits anything that would dis-qualify it from qualifying. All of this is detailed in the ERISA section of these materials. The rationales are the doctrines of comity and abstention,3 and the Nevada Supreme Courts repeated admonitions against bifurcating divorce actions.4 Where actions are pending in courts of different states, whether to stay or dismiss one action or the other should be raised by motion.5 A ruling on whether to stay or dismiss must take into consideration matters outside the pleadings, such as the seriousness of the threat of multiple and vexatious litigation, the convenience of the parties, the status of the foreign actions, and the competing interests of the two forums.6 Considerations of A member declaring bankruptcy does not lose the right to receive future retired pay based upon prior or future military service. In cases decided prior to enactment of the USFSPA, an order to pay a portion of retired pay to a former spouse (or a sum of money in lieu of such a portion) was often considered a "debt" dischargeable in bankruptcy rather than a property interest. Since enactment of the USFSPA, courts have generally held awards to former spouses of a portion of military retired pay to be non-dischargeable. As a theoretical matter, tactical filing of an SCRA request would apparently prevent a court from making a preliminary custody order, leaving no order in place for custody of a child for months at a time. Courts put in such situations have generally erred on protecting children,6 but the statutory conflict is obvious. B> As documented in an extensive study by the American Bar Associationfs Center on Children and the Law,1 inconsistency of interpretation of the UCCJA and the technicalities of applying the PKPA, resulted in a loss of uniformity among the States. The Obstacles Study suggested a number of amendments which would eliminate the inconsistent state interpretations and harmonize the UCCJA with the PKPA. Such a deal provides an award to the former spouse of irrevocable, unmodifiable alimony in an amount measured by the military retirement benefits, in exchange for a waiver by the former spouse of any property interest in the retirement benefits themselves. Payments can then be made by the pay center. There is no reason (under the terms of the statute, at least) that cost of living adjustments, etc., cannot be included in such an award, and there should be no difference to the tax impact. In November 1963, the mother and father entered into a property settlement agreement whereby the father promised to make $200 per month child support payments. The property settlement was adopted by the court and incorporated as a part of the judgment and decree. In May 1966, in support of a motion for an order to show cause why the father should not be held in contempt, the mother filed an affidavit stating that from November 1963, to March 1966, the father was in arrears $2,816. An order to show cause was issued, the father failed to appear and he was held in contempt. After arrangements were made to pay the arrears, the contempt was purged. In November 1966, another affidavit in support of a motion for an order to show cause why the father should not be held in contempt was filed which stated the father was $2,820 in arrears from September 1964, to September 1966. The court issued another order to show cause. In an effort to purge the contempt, the father filed an affidavit setting forth his debts, and telling his story of remarriage and financial reverses. At the same time, the father filed a motion to modify the judgment and decree asking for a reduction in child support payments and for specific visitation privileges, upon the ground of change in circumstances. At the hearing, the district court found the husband had the ability to comply with the judgment and decree and adjudged him to be in contempt, but continued the proceedings for 30 days, during which time of contempt by making the monthly support payments and by paying, or by making a firm arrangement for the payment of the arrears. bsp; 2. The courts are empowered, but not required, to trace back to a separate property source contributions to property held in joint tenancy that came from a separate property source, and order reimbursement to the contributing spouse. 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