«A pivotal question for sponsors to answer is whether they want their plans to encourage plan participation to continue through retirement, or rather, to actively
encourage distribution of assets once active service separation has occurred, either as a result of a job change or retirement,» the researchers suggest.
But, if custody is a contentious issue, we all may agree to start with equitable
distribution of the
assets, which, if successfully decided, would
encourage the couple to proceed into other difficult decisional areas.