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Retirement Division
How 401(k)s, pensions, and government retirement benefits actually get split in divorce — the marital math, the orders that move the money, and the clauses that decide who keeps what.
Military & federal
Military pensions and the TSP in divorce: USFSPA and RBCOs
Different orders, different rules — the federal systems QDROs don't reach.
Pensions
What a pension is worth in divorce: present value, explained
The three inputs that drive every pension valuation — and why experts disagree.
QDROs
QDROs: how retirement accounts are actually divided in divorce
The order that moves the money — requirements, process, taxes, and the mistakes that cost real money.
Pensions
Survivor benefits in a QDRO: the pension clause people forget
QJSA, QPSA, what remarriage changes — and the clause that locks payments in for life.
401(k)s & IRAs
The QDRO valuation date: choosing it is choosing the number
The menu of dates, who each favors in a moving market, and the earnings checkbox plans publish.
401(k)s & IRAs
401(k) loans and your QDRO share: gross, net, and the traps between
The silent-order default, the rejection traps, and the swing worth exactly half the loan.
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