O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the Internal Revenue Service may levy upon ERISA-regulated pension benefits to satisfy a husband's tax debt against the claim that the wife has a vested interest in half of those benefits under community property laws.
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Waltrout McIntyre's husband and co-debtor, Jerry McIntyre, owed almost $300,000 in overdue federal income taxes for the years 1983-1995. In 1996, the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS...
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