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Taxes & Divorce: Qualified Domestic Relations Order: A domestic relations order means any judgment, decree, or order (including a property settlement) which relates to the provision of child support, alimony, or marital property rights to a spouse, former spouse, child, or dependent, and is made pursuant to a state domestic relations law (Sec. 414(p)(1)(B)). A qualified domestic relations order is a domestic relations order which creates, recognizes, or assigns the existence of an alternate payee's right to receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to a participant under a plan (Sec. 414(p)(1)(A)(i)), and the following terms and conditions are met (Sec. 414(p)(1)(A)(ii)): The Order must specify (Sec. 414(p)(2)) 1) the name and last known mailing address of the participant and each alternate payee, 2) the amount or percentage of the participant's benefits to be paid by the plan to each alternate payee, or the manner in which the amount or percentage is to be determined, and 3) each plan to which such Order applies. One cannot "cure" a distribution made under a defective QDRO to qualify such distribution as a qualified distribution pursuant to a QDRO. A poorly drafted QDRO, or unsuspecting spouse without counsel, may find that he or she has given away not only the accrued benefit during marriage, but also the rights to receive future accrued benefits, including survivor benefits. Thus, a subsequent spouse may receive no pension benefit from the working spouse because the first spouse will be named as beneficiary of all the benefits. Featured Download Manuals: The Download Center What Happens to the Marital Home Valuation of Businesses in Divorce Cases Identification and Division of Dissipated Marital Assets Identifying Unusual Types of Divisible Property Division of Intellectual Property Interest Upon Divorce Tracing Separate Property Through A Commingled Bank Account Domestic Violence & Distributing Property Upon Divorce Equitable Distribution of Stock Options Equitable Distribution of Lottery Winnings The Effect of Bankruptcy During Divorce Featured Books: The Divorce Bookstore The Property Division Handbook Asset Protection from Divorce Divorce & Money: Make the Best Financial Decisions Fairshare Divorce for Women Related Research Center Categories: Helpful Services: Accounts Antenuptial Agreements Appraisals Appreciation of Assets Attorney's Fees Bankruptcy Classification of Assets Closely Held Businesses Closely Held Corporations Corporations Creditor's Rights Debts Disabilty Benefits Dissipation of Assets Division of Property Double Dipping Employee Benefits Equal Division Factors in Award Financial Forfeiture of Assets Gifts Goodwill Income Inherited Property Interest on Assets Joint Titling Life Insurance Marital Home Military Benefits Pensions Premarital Property Prenuptial Agreements Prof. Licenses & Degrees Professional Practices Severance Pay Social_Security_Benefits Source of Funds Stock Options Tax Consequences Transmutation of Property Trusts Valuation of Assets Access to some research documents (those we license from independent legal research companies) are restricted to subscribers. In order to gain access to ALL of these documents, you must subscribe to establish an account. If you are already a subscriber, you may sign in before you begin your research. (Why Subscribe?)

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