Most plan administrators are familiar with a qualified domestic relations order or “QDRO,” which is used to split retirement plan benefits between a plan participant and an alternate payee, such as an ...

A qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) is a court order that divides the assets that are in certain retirement plans, including 403(b)s and 401(k)s. Before using the money to buy a house, you ...

We asked the Claude AI assistant for advice on dividing 401(k)s during a "gray divorce." While the answer was "concise and ...

A. This all depends on the language of your divorce. Chances are that your ex isn’t directly paying the benefits to you. So his death probably won’t have an impact on your benefits. Here’s why. When ...

A. There’s no certain answer here without knowing more about the pension plan and your divorce agreement. It would be important to know how your pension plan is held — privately, publicly, through the ...