{"data":{"id":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-5953.6","jurisdiction":"us-pa","citation":"71 Pa.C.S. § 5953.6","heading":"Irrevocable successor payee.","body":"(a) Condition.--Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, a domestic relations order pertaining to a participant may provide for an irrevocable successor payee if the participant is receiving a payment under a payment option provided by the board that allows for a successor payee.\n(b) Determination.--A domestic relations order requiring the designation of an irrevocable successor payee is an order which:\n(1) requires a participant who is receiving payments from an annuity or other distribution option to designate an alternate payee as a successor payee; and\n(2) except by operation of law, prohibits the removal or change of the successor payee without approval of a court of competent jurisdiction.\n(c) Certification.--A domestic relations order under subsection (b) may be certified as an approved domestic relations order by the secretary of the board or his designated representative. If a domestic relations order is certified under this subsection, the irrevocable successor payee ordered by the court shall not be changed by the participant without approval by the court.\n(d) Ineligibility.--A person ineligible to be designated as a successor payee shall not be designated as an irrevocable successor payee. A court shall not name an irrevocable successor payee if the alternate payee is eligible to receive a lump sum distribution of the alternate payee's portion of the marital portion of the pension benefit.","path":["Title 71 - STATE GOVERNMENT","PART XXV RETIREMENT FOR STATE EMPLOYEES AND OFFICERS","CHAPTER 59 ADMINISTRATION, FUNDS, ACCOUNTS, GENERAL PROVISIONS","SUBCHAPTER E GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://www.palegis.us/statutes/consolidated/view-statute?txtType=HTM\u0026ttl=71\u0026div=0\u0026chpt=59\u0026sctn=53\u0026subsctn=6","current_through":"2025-12-08 (Statute Update stamp, 71 Pa.C.S.)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-02T16:35:28Z","sha256":"a17690a15ae9a2dff1d71f0cae3a5626f690f5780d3d197d15379418d1cf7ab5","source_id":"us-pa","stale":false,"prev":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-5953.5","next":"us-pa/71-pa.c.s.-5954"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}