Letter to Pension Trustee—Notice of Entitlement
[Date]
[Name and address of pension trustee]
[Salutation]
Notice under the provisions of chapter 82 of the Texas Labor Code is given that a divorce was granted [date] in Cause No. [number], styled “[style of case],” in the [designation] Court of [county] County, Texas, in which [name] was Petitioner and [name] was Respondent. A copy of the Decree of Divorce is attached.
My client, [name], was awarded an interest in the [describe specifically the retirement, stock bonus, pension, disability or death benefit, savings, profit-sharing, or other employee benefit plan] of [name of employee], whose Social Security number is [number], with [name of employer].
Please [state other requests or instructions].
Sincerely yours,
[Name of attorney]
Enc.
c: [Name of employer][Address—principal place of business within Texas]