JANE R. ADLER, Respondent, v. JOEL A. ADLER, Appellant.

The IAS Court properly entered a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to aid enforcement of two money judgments for attorneys' fees incurred in plaintiff's numerous attempts to compel defendant's compliance with his child support obligations contained in a settlement agreement incorporated but not merged into the parties' divorce judgment ( see, e.g., Adler v. Adler, 203 A.D.2d 81; 176 A.D.2d 162). Since awards of attorneys' fees were authorized under Domestic Relations Law §§ 237 and 238 and "relate[d] to the provision of child support", the Qualified Domestic Relations Order in issue clearly falls within the definitional requirements of the Internal Revenue Code an the Employee Retirement Income Security Act ( 26 U.S.C. § 414 [p] [1] [B] [i]; 29 U.S.C. § 1056 [d] [3] [B] [ii] [I]; CPLR 5205 [c] [4]).

Concur — Murphy, P.J., Wallach, Ross, Nardelli and Tom, JJ.

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ADLER v. ADLER
(Feb 15, 1996)