682.5  Effects of transfer of structured settlement payment rights.
  1.  The structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer shall, as to all parties except the transferee, be discharged and released from any and all liability for the transferred payments.
  2.  The transferee shall be liable to the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer for all of the following:
  a.  If the transfer contravenes the terms of the structured settlement, any taxes incurred by the structured settlement obligor and the annuity issuer as a consequence of the transfer.
  b.  Any other liabilities or costs, including reasonable costs and attorney fees, arising from compliance by such parties with the order of the court or responsible administrative authority or arising as a consequence of the transferee’s failure to comply with this chapter.
  3.  An annuity issuer and the structured settlement obligor shall not be required to divide any periodic payment between the payee and any transferee or assignee or between two or more transferees or assignees.
  4.  Any further transfer of structured settlement payment rights by the payee may be made only after compliance with all of the requirements of this chapter.
2001 Acts, ch 85, §5, 8