The complete QDRO handbook : dividing ERISA, military, and civil service pensions and collecting child support from employee benefit plans / Patricia Shewmaker and James R. Lewis.

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"[This book] begins with clear definitions of the basic principles and concepts of employee benefit plans and ERISA. In subsequent chapters, the authors explain how to draft domestic relations orders and have them accepted as 'qualified' by plan administrators. The book provides the necessary sample...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Shewmaker, Patricia (Author)
Lewis, James R., IV (Author)
Corporate Author: American Bar Association. Section of Family Law (sponsoring body.)
Language:English
Published: Chicago, Illinois : American Bar Association, Section of Family Law, [2019]
Edition:Fourth edition.
Subjects:
Pension trusts > Law and legislation > United States.
Qualified domestic relations orders > United States.
Deferred compensation > Law and legislation > United States.
Divorce settlements > United States.
Support (Domestic relations) > United States.
Deferred compensation > Law and legislation.
Divorce settlements.
Pension trusts > Law and legislation.
Qualified domestic relations orders.
Support (Domestic relations)
United States.
Physical Description:xxi, 463 pages : forms ; 23 cm
Variant Title:
Complete Qualified Domestic Relations Orders handbook
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Employee benefit plans and domestic relations
  • "Just enough ERISA" : core definitions and principles
  • Essential information and how to get it
  • Interim relief
  • Inclusion and valuation
  • How to divide deferred payment annuities
  • Assessing your client's needs and wishes : formulating a strategy
  • Drafting the DRO
  • From DRO to QDRO
  • QDRO litigation
  • Military retired pay
  • Federal civil service pension plans
  • Miscellaneous plans : IRAs, nonqualified plans, state and local pension plans, and QMCSOs
  • QDROs : from headache to profit center for your law practice
  • QDROs : from headache to enhanced employee benefit for plan administrators and their lawyers
  • Managing IV-D agencies to collect child support with QDROs
  • Family court judges and QDROs
  • Current trends and future developments in QDROs.