Michigan Compiled Laws

Mich. Comp. Laws § 38.1701 (2026)

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ELIGIBLE DOMESTIC RELATIONS ORDER ACT

Act 46 of 1991

38.1701 Short title.

Sec. 1.

This act shall be known and may be cited as the "eligible domestic relations order act".

History: 1991, Act 46, Imd. Eff. June 27, 1991

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 4 cases, 1999–2019 · leading case: Wolf v. Mahar, 862 N.W.2d 668 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014).

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Wolf v. Mahar, 862 N.W.2d 668 (Mich. Ct. App. 2014). “However, the Alternate Payee will have the right to elect to receive benefit payments under the Plan at any time beginning when the Participant reaches the earliest retirement date as defined in Section 2(d) of the Eligible Domestic Relations Order Act (MCL 38.1701 et seq.)....…”

Mixon v. Mixon, 602 N.W.2d 406 (Mich. Ct. App. 1999). “See MCL 38.1701 et seq.; MSA 5.4002(101) et seq.”

Baker v. Baker, 710 N.W.2d 555 (Mich. Ct. App. 2006). · cites it 2× “1704 of the EDRO act, MCL 38.1701 et seq., provides: Except as otherwise provided in this act, the payment of a benefit to an alternate payee under an EDRO and this act shall begin on the retirement allowance effective date of the participant.”

Diana Jeanne Paiz Engle v. Patrick a Engle (Mich. Ct. App. 2019). “The Eligible Domestic Relations Order Act, MCL 38.1701 et seq., provides that “the payment of a benefit to an alternate payee under an EDRO and this act shall begin on the retirement allowance effective date of the participant.”

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