Dividing Retirements (QDRO)

QUALIFIED DOMESTIC RELATION ORDER (QDRO)

$300

Obtaining an order for a portion of your or your spouse's Retirement Plan in the divorce Judgment is only the first step. Now you need to separate the funds into your account from the Plan.

This is done through a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO).

A QDRO is a court order directing the administrator of an employee's Retirement or Pension Plan to separate the funds in a Plan for the benefit of the former spouse, as specified in the divorce judgment.

Here is just a sample of the major retirement plan QDRO's we have prepared:

  • Public Employees Retirement System (CalPERS)
  • Sacramento County Employees Retirement System (SCERS)
  • State of California Savings Plus Program 401k and 457
  • Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS)
  • Fidelity Investments
  • IBM
  • SMUD
  • Xerox
  • Qualcomm
  • United Airlines
  • Proctor and Gamble
  • Barclays Global Investors
  • Vision Service Plan (VSP)
  • Catholic Healthcare West (Mercy Hospitals)
  • SBC Pension Benefit Plan
  • Amerimax Companies
  • Carpenters Annuity and Pension Funds
  • Teamsters Western Conference
  • San Francisco Bricklayers Local Pension Plan
  • UFCW-Northern CA Employers Joint Pension
  • Pipe Trades District Council Pension Trust Fund
  • Watts Industries
  • and more...

Each Plan, both government or private, may have their own guidelines and policies required for the QDRO, and most will provide the guidelines in writing upon request. Some Plans allow the former spouse to elect a cash payment, others do not allow payment until the employee retires. However, each Plan will need the same basic information to begin.

The worksheet below has form fields allowing you to type on-screen, save the information you typed, and email the completed worksheet back to us.

In order to take advantage of the worksheet’s convenient features, you must download and install the free Acrobat Reader 8. Even if you have a previous version of the Acrobat Reader, you will only be able to save the information typed in the worksheet, if you have Acrobat Reader Version 8.

Please take a moment to click on the link below, which will take you to the Adobe Acrobat Download Page. This is a great time-saving tool that will be used throughout this case. Once installed, click on one of the worksheet links below.

Alternatively, you can complete the worksheet and fax it back to us at the fax number on the worksheet.

After installing the Acrobat Reader, please download and complete our QDRO Worksheet .

Once the QDRO is prepared, both parties must sign it, and the QDRO is forwarded to the Family Court Judge, who also signs. Once received back from the Judge, the QDRO is forwarded to the Plan administrator.

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*I am not a lawyer; I cannot give legal advice*