"rick wintomac" <c...@g...com> wrote in message
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>I have a traditional (Defined Benefit) pension plan. As I am
> divorced, my former spouse is entitled to her share through the date
> of separation.

Her share of what? The amount that was contributed?
Certainly not a share of the Annuity Benfit, since it is
as you state "a Single Life Annuity"


>
> My pension benefit will be a single life annuity, and I will have the
> option of receiving the monthly benefit starting at normal retirement
> for the plan, or at an earlier date.
>

Single life Annuity GENERALLY means that payments will be
made to the ANNUITANT as long as HE is alive.....



> 1. Does the commencement of the benefits for the former spouse
> coincide with the date that I elect, or is it a fixed date, such as my
> normal retirement age?

One would have to see BOTH the Contract and the Divorce Decree ! ! ! ! !


>
> 2. If the former spouse predeceases the plan participant, does that
> affect the payments to the plan participant? Or does the former
> spouse's benefit merely cease and stay in the plan?

At this point one can not determine theose supposed Spouse Payments.

Cal Lester CLU

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