Nevada Supreme Court
Walker v. Walker
January 9, 2025141 Nev. Adv. Op. No. 2
Summary
The court held that Nevada law permits a Judicial Retirement System member to designate both a former spouse and a current spouse as Option 2 beneficiaries when the former spouse has a percentage interest awarded in a divorce decree. It also held that transferring retirement credits from PERS to JRS does not extinguish the former spouse's protected interest, requiring the former spouse's share to be calculated from the JRS account. The court affirmed the determination that both spouses could be beneficiaries, reversed the ruling denying the former spouse any JRS credits, and remanded.