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Adler Pollock & Sheehan P.C.

Going Through a Divorce? Ease the Transfer of Retirement Plan Assets With a QDRO

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Despite its unusual sounding name, a QDRO isn’t an alien from a science fiction movie or a geometric equation. In fact, QDRO stands for “qualified domestic relations order.” If you’re in the process of a divorce, a QDRO may...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

401(k) Compliance Check #7: Five Administrative Policies Every 401(k) Plan Needs

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To help employers properly administer their 401(k) plans, in 2022, Foley & Lardner LLP is authoring a series of monthly “401(k) Compliance Check” newsletters. This article discusses some of the policies that are important for...more

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GAO looks at QDROs

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I always talk about how plan sponsors need to work with experienced financial advisors, third party administration (TPA) firms, and ERISA attorneys on their plan needs. Like with reasonable fees, I believe that the term...more

Stange Law Firm, PC

Dividing a 401(k) in a divorce

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A 401(k) is a common asset that has to be divided in a divorce. In many cases, the 401(k) is one of the more valuable assets. Individuals often work their whole career trying to build up their 401(k) balance so that they can...more

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The Sample QDRO

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It’s funny in a sense that the people who should be most experienced with Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs), many divorce attorneys, don’t seem to know how to draft a QDRO....more

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Division of Retirement Benefits between Former Spouses

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A common concern among spouses facing separation and divorce is the prospect of dividing their retirement accounts because of the misconception that retirement accounts have to be liquidated to be divided, resulting in taxes...more

Locke Lord LLP

Employee Benefits After Obergefell

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In a historic decision, the United States Supreme Court in Obergefell v. Hodges recently held that the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution requires all jurisdictions in all fifty states to: (1) license a...more

Lowndes

Three Simple QDRO Tips to Make Your Agreements More Enforceable

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The purpose of a settlement agreement is to resolve some or all of the outstanding issues in a pending case. In the divorce context, it is common for attorneys to use broad language in their agreements related to the...more

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You Cannot Take The Embezzler’s 401(k) Plan Balance

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Many employers know that with few exceptions a participant’s benefit in a tax qualified retirement plan is protected from the participant’s creditors. One exception is for court orders, known as qualified domestic relations...more

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Supreme Court Finds DOMA to Be Unconstitutional -- Impact on Employers Explained

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On June 26, 2013, a majority of the Supreme Court held in United States v. Windsor that Section 3 of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), which defined marriage for purposes of federal law as the union of a man and a woman, is...more

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