LUDWIG v. DEPT. OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS

No. 32462-8-II.

127 P.3d 781 (2006)

131 Wash.App. 379

Janet Sue LUDWIG, Appellant, v. WASHINGTON STATE DEPARTMENT OF RETIREMENT SYSTEMS, Respondent.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

January 31, 2006.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Johnna M. Skyles, Jerome E. Westby, Attorneys at Law, Olympia, WA, for Respondent.

John Franklin Sherwood, Peterson Russell Kelly PLLC, Bellevue, WA, for Appellant.


QUINN-BRINTNALL, C.J.

¶ 1 Substitute House Bill (SHB) 2604, Laws of 2000, chapter 186, authorized certain retired members of the state pension system to delete what had previously been an irrevocable survivor benefit in exchange for increased monthly benefits. Ruth Timm deleted her designation of a survivor benefit in favor of Janet Ludwig. Ludwig sued, maintaining that SHB 2604 deprived her of a vested right to the survivor benefit. She also maintains that SHB...

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