“The reason a QDRO is necessary is that retirement accounts are in the name of one spouse. The plan administrator is not permitted to divide the account without a QDRO,” said Laurie Itkin, certified ...

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 ...

(Bloomberg) --A profit center. A silent fee. One more kick in the pants. Those are a few of the ways divorce lawyers describe the fee that many 401(k) plan participants have to pay when they need to ...

From a wealth management standpoint, the most critical component of property division in divorce is the careful handling of qualified and non-qualified retirement assets. Too often, couples simply ...