9th Circuit Rejects Ex-Wife’s Standing To Sue Under ERISA As Alternate Payee

Mealey's (March 25, 2019, 1:26 PM EDT) -- PASADENA, Calif. — An ex-wife has no standing under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act to sue her ex-husband for breach of fiduciary duty after she discovered a pension plan she alleged was not disclosed during the dissolution of their marriage, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled March 20 in an unpublished memorandum (Sujata Vyas, Dr. v. Bhaskar Vyas, et al., No. 17-56632, 9th Cir., 2019 U.S. App. LEXIS 8288)....