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Archive for February, 2010

Retirement and Divorce: Additional Resources

Posted Wednesday, February 24th, 2010 by Rebecca Davis

We hope you’ve found our series of blog entries on divorce and retirement assets to be informative. In today’s final blog entry we have listed several additional resources that provide additional information on divorce and retirement assets. (more…)

Don’t take a pension for granted

Posted Tuesday, February 23rd, 2010 by Rebecca Davis

Often divorcing couples will opt to divide their marital property by giving one spouse the home and the other spouse the pension.  This easy way of dividing marital property may leave one spouse at a disadvantage that isn’t recognized until retirement.  (more…)

Don’t delay: Submit court orders to the plan right away!

Posted Monday, February 22nd, 2010 by Rebecca Davis

In order to receive retirement benefits that have been awarded in a divorce, it is important to obtain a court order, which tells retirement plans how to divide and pay benefits to the divorced couple. For private retirement plans, these court orders are called Qualified Domestic Relations Orders or QDROs. Other retirement systems call them Domestic Relations Orders or DROs.  (more…)

A pension earned during a marriage is usually the property of both spouses

Posted Friday, February 19th, 2010 by Rebecca Davis

Did you know that, in general, retirement assets earned during a marriage are marital property in the same way that a house and a savings account are?  (more…)

Getting divorced? Don’t forget the pension!

Posted Thursday, February 18th, 2010 by Rebecca Davis

What better time than the week after Valentine’s Day to devote a week’s worth of blog entries to divorce?  This is the first in a series of blog entries focusing on issues involving divorce and retirement. Enjoy! (more…)

In case you missed it

Posted Tuesday, February 16th, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

Here’s some of the latest news from the world of pensions: (more…)

In case you missed it

Posted Monday, February 1st, 2010 by Joellen Leavelle

Here’s some of the latest news from the world of pensions: (more…)