What you need to know about the Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) and dividing retirement accounts in divorce. Retirement assets, no matter how much they’re worth, are going to be one of the biggest issues in your divorce. Contact Laurie Itkin at for a complimentary consultation.
Key Moments
0:00 Dividing Retirement & Pension Accounts after Divorce w/ a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
01:27 Introducing Laurie Itkin
02:34 Why Dividing Retirement Plans is so Important
03:15 Biggest Mistakes in a Divorce
04:18 Three Major Retirement Assets
06:30 When to Call Laurie Itkin
08:53 Separate Assets
10:31 QDRO’s (qualified domestic relations orders) – Madeline Hill
13:35 How a QDRO Works
16:10 What is involved in getting a QDRO
20:45 Pension Plans
20:30 Survivor Benefits
35:35 Takeaways…(read more)
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Why do they still get married.Sounds it's all about money and finances.
Thank you for the very informative video, another question I have is, it was stated that survivor benefits are community property, I was not fully understanding survivor benefits and in my new divorce consent I will not be receiving survivor benefits. I realize now from your video how important survivor benefits are. Is there anything else I could negotiate for before the QDRO’s are finalized, they will be going to the administrator soon? Possibly some kind of death benefit? I’ll become the beneficiary?
I am in the middle of a divorce, one last detail to work out is, if I am entitled to disability pension if he takes that instead of regular pension ? Do you know if I will be entitled to a disability pension?
My son in law and daughter are divorcing, they have been working hard and saving for their future with pension schemes including a 401k, my son in law was trying to get a settlement agreed very quickly, my daughter asked for a for an Actuary report on the 401k and her lawyer has informed his lawyers there will be no negotiation until this has been received, he has gone very silent, how can he be made to get this Actuary report made available please
Thank you SO MUCH for this video. I am facing dividing a pension with the Ex. I have an attorney. We are referred to an expert for the QDRO. I did not understand much about the process– but your video clarified so much — Thank you. It is hard to find videos about divorce/pension/etc for CA.
I was divorced a few years ago and the agreement was receiving 50 percent of pension. I am 49 now and want to make sure I receive this for my old age. What should I do
What if your spouse pass on what happen to the money?
this is why lawyers are the worse garbage of all….thriving on someone else's misery
I was married to my husband and helped him get a job with a good pension. we divorced 4 years later but remarried each other after 1 year. Now we are divorcing a second time. Am I entitled to half for 18 years or the full 22 years we were married? We are in California
We were married 27 years I was a stay at home mother 3 kid’s and built our house with husband. He wanted our house I took retirement years later when he retired early at 56 I worked on our home until our divorce. Earned together., I’m wondering how long will retirement last I’ve been receiving it for now seven years and worried it might run out I’m 62