Are ERISA-qualified profit-sharing plans and employer-sponsored 401k accounts fully protected from judgment creditors and bankruptcy estates post-McIntyre v. Reno?
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Are ERISA-qualified profit-sharing plans and employer-sponsored 401k accounts fully protected from judgment creditors and bankruptcy estates post-McIntyre v. Reno?
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McIntyre v. Reno ERISA retirement plan creditor protection bankruptcyGoogle ↗
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ERISA anti-alienation 401(k) judgment creditors bankruptcy estate 11 USC 541(c)(2) 522(b)(3)(C) Supreme Court Patterson ShumateGoogle ↗
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California ERISA 401k profit sharing plan creditor protection judgment creditors bankruptcy exemptions California lawGoogle ↗
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McIntyre v. Reno ERISA retirement plan creditor protection bankruptcy Google ↗
ERISA anti-alienation 401(k) judgment creditors bankruptcy estate 11 USC 541(c)(2) 522(b)(3)(C) Supreme Court Patterson Shumate Google ↗
California ERISA 401k profit sharing plan creditor protection judgment creditors bankruptcy exemptions California law Google ↗
- John R. PATTERSON, Trustee, Petitioner v. Joseph B. SHUMATE, Jr. | Supreme Court | US Law · law.cornell.edu
- Patterson v. Shumate | 504 U.S. 753 (1992) · supreme.justia.com
- #L-4100 STATE OF CALIFORNIA CALIFORNIA LAW REVI · clrc.ca.gov
- While neither Debtor nor Sherman sought to introduce evidence reflecting the anti-alienation provision in the Pension Plan, the parties do not appear to disagree that the Pension Plan is an ERISA qualified plan as of the Petition Date and as recently as the date of the hearing.²² The law is settled that such a plan may be excluded from property of the bankruptcy estate pursuant to § 541(c)(2).²³ The Supreme Court has interpreted this subsection to mean that an interest in an ERISA qualified pens · scb.uscourts.gov
- 29 U.S.C. § 1056: Form and payment of benefits · uscode.house.gov
- 26 U.S.C. § 401: Qualified pension, profit-sharing, and stock bonus plans · uscode.house.gov
- California Code of Civil Procedure § 704.115 (2025) :: 2025 California Code :: U.S. Codes and Statutes :: U.S. Law :: Justia · law.justia.com
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| Query / type | Search | Intent | Query class | Routing format | Cluster | Freq ↓ | Weight |
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McIntyre v. Reno ERISA retirement plan creditor protection bankruptcy OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
ERISA anti-alienation 401(k) judgment creditors bankruptcy estate 11 USC 541(c)(2) 522(b)(3)(C) Supreme Court Patterson Shumate OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 | |
California ERISA 401k profit sharing plan creditor protection judgment creditors bankruptcy exemptions California law OBSERVED | Google ↗ AI Mode ↗ | — | — | — | — | 1x of 1 |