SECTION 109.3. Notice Regarding Receipt of Order

Upon receiving a domestic relations order, the domestic relations liaison shall promptly send a notice to those persons listed in paragraphs (1) and (2) of this section, stating that the system has received the domestic relations order and that it will be acted upon by the system in accordance with the procedures set forth in this chapter. The persons who are to receive the notice are:

(1) the participant or, if the participant is represented by an attorney (and the system has been provided with the name and address of such attorney in connection with the domestic relations order), to such attorney or to such other person as may be designated in writing by the participant with regard to the domestic relations order; and

(2) all alternate payees named in the domestic relations order if their names and addresses are provided in the order; or, if an alternate payee is represented by an attorney (and the system has been provided with the name and address of such attorney in connection with the domestic relations order), to such attorney or to such other person as may be designated in writing by an alternate payee with regard to the domestic relations order.

Source Note: The provisions of this §109.3 adopted to be effective January 29, 1988, 13 TexReg 305; amended to be effective January 10, 1996, 21 TexReg 135.