ERISA doesn’t block attachment of father’s retirement funds 
Published: January 3, 2012
Tags: child support, ERISA, QDRO, qualified domestic relations order
Federal law did not prevent a mother from obtaining an order to attach her husband’s retirement account for the purpose of paying a substantial child support arrearage that had accrued during the parties’ divorce proceedings, the Virginia Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
Wife must bear losses in husband’s pension account
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: February 8, 2011
Tags: divorce, pension, property division, QDRO, qualified domestic relations order
A husband was not required to compensate his wife for dramatic losses in a retirement account that was divided in the parties’ divorce, the Indiana Court of Appeals has ruled in reversing judgment.
QDRO can’t be used to collect attorney fees
By:
Pat Murphy
Published: August 26, 2010
Tags: attorney fees, qualified domestic relations order
A mother who succeeded in recovering her son from his father’s custody was not entitled to a qualified domestic relations order to enforce an award of attorney fees, Maryland’s highest court has ruled in affirming judgment.
State court has concurrent jurisdiction over QDRO dispute
By:
Sylvia Hsieh
Published: December 15, 2009
Tags: divorce, QDRO, qualified domestic relations order
State and federal courts have concurrent jurisdiction to review a plan administrator‘s decision that a domestic relations order (DRO) was not “qualified” under ERISA, the Minnesota Supreme Court has ruled.
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