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Divorce Retirement Plan Marital Assets

Divorce is the formal legal dissolution of a marriage. The divorce process implicates many diverse areas of the law including, but not limited to, real estate, wills and trusts, child custody, and tax.
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America’s Retirement Anxiety

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There are times when even though you are in the middle of thorough research, you can miss the larger point. We have been writing a fair amount about retirement and it is relevant as we are seeing more and more “gray”...more

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Don’t Forget About Your Missing $1.65 Trillion in Retirement. The Government May Help.

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Just a few months ago we wrote about folks who have forgotten about retirement assets. Our article was based on experience. But now we have seen the data and it is staggering. The news comes about because the Biden...more

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Special Considerations For Divorces Involving Middle-Aged And Older Americans: Part 2

PART 2: DIVISION OF ASSETS AND DEBTS, RETIREMENT BENEFITS, AND ESTATE PLANNING MATTERS - As discussed in Part One of our two-part series detailing the social phenomenon know as “grey” divorce, a number of recent studies,...more

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Dividing a 401(k) in a divorce

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A 401(k) is a common asset that has to be divided in a divorce. In many cases, the 401(k) is one of the more valuable assets. Individuals often work their whole career trying to build up their 401(k) balance so that they can...more

Ary Rosenbaum - The Rosenbaum Law Firm P.C.

The Sample QDRO

It’s funny in a sense that the people who should be most experienced with Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (QDROs), many divorce attorneys, don’t seem to know how to draft a QDRO....more

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Division of Retirement Benefits between Former Spouses

A common concern among spouses facing separation and divorce is the prospect of dividing their retirement accounts because of the misconception that retirement accounts have to be liquidated to be divided, resulting in taxes...more

Faegre Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Supreme Court Decides Howell v. Howell

On May 15, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court decided Howell v. Howell, No. 15-1031, holding that where a veteran waives retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits, federal law preempts state courts from ordering...more

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Issues in Gray Divorces

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The divorce rate in the United States has been dropping during the past 20 years. However, divorce among spouses over 50 years old has doubled since 1990! The surge has spawned the term “gray divorce” for these older...more

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