Lowenschuss

Fred Lowenschuss (“Debtor”) appeals the district court’s orders: (1) affirming the bankruptcy court’s order granting Beverly Selnick’s (“Selniek”) motion for leave to seek a QDRO in the Pennsylvania courts; (2) vacating the bankruptcy court’s ruling that the Pennsylvania divorce court awarded Selniek a money judgment in Debtor’s beneficial interest in the Fred Lowenschuss & Associates at Law Pension Plan (the “Pension Plan”); and (3) vacating the bankruptcy court’s order confirming Debtor’s proposed plan of reorganization. Sun International, Inc. 1 (“Sun”) has intervened in that part of the appeal addressing the district court’s order vacating the bankruptcy court’s money judgment ruling. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d), and we affirm each of the district court’s orders.

BACKGROUND

On September 28, 1981, Selniek filed for divorce in the Pennsylvania courts. Almost ten years later, in July 1991, a Pennsylvania divorce court entered an order (the “Divorce Decree”) for the equitable distribution of the marital property of Debtor and Selniek. The Divorce Decree awarded Selniek, inter alia, 38.7% of Debtor’s interest in the Pension Plan. The divorce court ordered…