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Qualified Domestic Relations Order

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Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO)
A judgment, decree, or order that gives a pension plan participant access to retirement assets that must be used to pay an ex-spouse or dependent children.

Qualified Domestic Relations Order
In divorces, a court order giving one party a certain percentage of his/her ex-spouse's retirement plan. Usually, the courts split retirement plans in half through qualified domestic relations orders. The spouse receiving benefits from a retirement plan through a qualified domestic relations order becomes responsible for any taxes that would be due on his/her portion of the plan.


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