Case Name: Suzanne CHURCH, Appellant, v. Donald HANFT, M.D., and Donald Hanft, M.D., P.A., Appellees
Court: Florida District Court of Appeal
Jurisdiction: Florida
Decision Date: 2004-02-25
Citations: 870 So. 2d 185
Docket Number: No. 3D03-1792
Parties: Suzanne CHURCH, Appellant, v. Donald HANFT, M.D., and Donald Hanft, M.D., P.A., Appellees.
Judges: Before LEVY, GERSTEN, and WELLS, JJ.
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Second Series
Volume: 870
Pages: 185–186

Head Matter:
Suzanne CHURCH, Appellant, v. Donald HANFT, M.D., and Donald Hanft, M.D., P.A., Appellees.
No. 3D03-1792.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, Third District.
Feb. 25, 2004.
Rehearing Denied April 16, 2004.
Craig Z. Sherar, Coconut Grove, and Patricia M. Arias, for appellant.
Fowler White Burnett and Ronald G. Neiwirth, Miami, for appellees.
Before LEVY, GERSTEN, and WELLS, JJ.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM.
Suzanne Church appeals from an order vacating a show cause order directing Charles Schwab & Company, Inc. to dis burse benefits from an Individual Retirement Account.
We affirm that portion of the order that relieves Charles Schwab of any obligation to show cause why it should not disburse retirement benefits to Church, a judgment creditor. See § 222.21(2)(a), Fla. Stat. (2003)("any money . payable" to a participant from a qualified retirement plan is "exempt from all claims of creditors of the . participant"). However, we reverse the remainder of the order relating to the status of the retirement benefits after they have left Charles Schwab's hands as premature.
Affirmed in part, reversed in part.