An exception is also met if the payments are made to
an alternate payee under a qualified domestic relations (divorce) order.
Not exact matches
An
alternate payee received the distribution
under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO).
While the employer assumes the risk of having sufficient funds available to pay employees their promised benefit
under defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans shift this risk to plan participants — and, thus, to
alternate payees.
The distribution was made to an
alternate beneficiary or
payee under a qualified domestic order.
This determination («qualification») gives an
alternate payee the right to receive some or all of the benefits payable
under a plan, including survivor benefits.
A Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) is a judgment decree or order made pursuant to a state domestic relations law that creates or recognizes the existence of an
alternate payee's right to, or assigns to an
alternate payee the right to, receive all or a portion of the benefits payable with respect to a participant
under a qualified retirement plan and that complies with certain special requirements.
Nevertheless, it is important for both you and your spouse to know your options
under the plan subject to division, so that the
alternate payee spouse can be privy to the benefits that he / she is entitled to upon the plan's division.