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When Does a Nonemployee Spouse Have a Right to the Employee's Retirement Accumulation?

Usually, when the employee spouse has interests in multiple plans, the divorce settlement will also contain a waiver or release by the non-employee spouse of his or her interests in other plans. But even if effective under state law, that does not, by itself, protect the employee's interests and those of the employee's successors.

35 minute readNovember 24, 2009 at 01:44 PM
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Thomas R. White, 3rd
When Does a Nonemployee Spouse Have a Right to the Employee's Retirement Accumulation?

Retirement accumulations in employer-sponsored qualified plans often represent the principal source of liquid resources for an employee and his or her family.

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