What role does the Police Pension Fund have with a DRO?
The Police Pension Fund’s Legal Department is available to answer questions regarding a DRO and its impact on member benefits. Attorneys should submit proposed DRO language to the Fund’s Legal Department for its review prior to seeking court approval. A failure to do so could result in additional court proceedings if a DRO is not acceptable and could delay the alternate payee’s receipt of benefits. Please note, however, that it is not the role of the Fund to comment on the terms of a proposed or final DRO, except to the extent those terms either fail to comply with applicable law or rules or cannot be implemented by the Fund. The Fund will find a proposed or final DRO acceptable to the Fund, so long as it can be implemented by the Fund and is in accordance with the laws governing the Fund pursuant to ยง13 of the Administrative Code of the City of New York and applicable provisions of the Retirement and Social Security Law (RSSL). The Fund assumes that the terms of a DRO submitted for re
