[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 20, Volume 1]

[Revised as of April 1, 2005]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 20CFR243.1]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 243_TRANSFER, ASSIGNMENT, OR WAIVER OF PAYMENTS--Table of Contents

 

Sec.  243.1  Prohibition against garnishment.









Sec.

243.1 Prohibition against garnishment.

243.2 Legal process for the enforcement of child support and alimony 

          obligations.

243.3 Payments pursuant to court decree or court-approved property 

          settlement.

243.4 Taxation of benefits.

243.5 Assignment of a portion of an annuity paid under the social 

          security overall minimum provision.

243.6 Waiver of annuity payments.



    Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).



    Source: 53 FR 35806, Sept. 15, 1988, unless otherwise noted.





    Except as hereinafter provided in this part, no benefits paid under 

the Railroad Retirement Act are assignable or subject to any tax or to 

garnishment, attachment, or other legal process (including any order 

issued by any court in connection with a bankruptcy proceeding), nor 

shall any payment be anticipated.