5012

Pursuant to the provisions of this subchapter, entitlement to retirement annuities, death benefits and any other benefits, whatever their denomination, is a personal entitlement of the recipient of said benefits and the assignment or transfer of said benefits and reimbursements, or any part thereof, shall be null and void, except when otherwise provided in this subchapter. None of said pensions or benefits may be claimed for the payment of debts contracted by the persons who receive them, with the exception of loans executed by the members of savings and credit unions, which shall bind up to twenty-five percent (25%) of the pension or benefit of, and further excepting, the provisions of § 5010 of this title, nor may they be attached or be affected by any judicial proceeding.\nHistory —July 28, 1998, No. 182, § 13.