3-13A-16. Payments and benefits under program not assignable or subject to creditors' actions. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 3-13A-15, no participant may assign or otherwise alienate any right to any payment or benefit under the program. The right of a participant to any payment or benefit is not subject to the rights of the participant's or any beneficiary's creditors, and is exempt from executions, attachment, prior assignment, or any other judicial relief or order for the benefit of creditors or other third persons, except as required under applicable law, including any qualified domestic relations order as defined in § 414(p) of the Internal Revenue Code, or as is otherwise specifically provided in this chapter.
Source: SL 2004, ch 43, § 15; SDCL § 3-12-179; SL 2005, ch 28, § 1; SL 2008, ch 20, § 20; SL 2013, ch 20, § 20.
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