Andochick v. Byrd
Petition for certiorari denied on October 7, 2013
Issue: Whether ERISA’s statutory protections and
broad preemption provision protect designated
beneficiaries from claims by an estate to enforce a
purported waiver of those benefits incorporated into
a state law divorce decree and property settlement
agreement when the deceased plan participant had
the opportunity to change her designated beneficiary
but did not do so.
