How Long After Divorce Can You File a QDRO?
Is there a time limit on filing a QDRO? Ideally, it should happen during your divorce as part of the…
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How Much Temporary Alimony Does a Service Require for a Military Spouse?
“How much alimony does a military spouse get” can be a tough question to answer, because: Each branch of the…
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Can a QDRO Be Reversed?
Dividing assets during a divorce can be challenging. Potential tax penalties are certainly a concern, especially regarding retirement plans. A…
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Military Divorce: A Guide for Navigating Pension Division Orders
Military service members are entitled to receiving retirement benefits in the form of military pension. While the military retirement benefit…
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Overview of Government Retirement Plans
The Federal Government offers three important pieces for your retirement needs. These include your FERS pension, a thrift savings plan,…
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Understanding Federal Jurisdiction in Military Divorce
Divorce in the military has many complexities, but jurisdiction is one of the most complicated. Because the military itself has…
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Client Forms:
Nevada PERS Questionnaire (PDF)
QDRO Questionnaire (PDF)
FERS/CSRS Questionnaire (PDF)
MRB Questionnaire (PDF)
RBCO/TSP Questionnaire (PDF)
The following are publications and CLE resources upon the topic military retirement benefits and division.
- The Underutilization of QDROs
- Lawyer Liability in QDRO Cases (NFLR Fall 2016, Article)
- Military Retirement Benefits Primer (Nov. 2016, COMMUNIQUÉ Article)
- Partition Actions: What Every Nevada Lawyer Needs to Know (2015, CLE)
- Divorcing The Military: How to Attack, How to Defend (2014, CLE)
- Retirement Plan Division: What Every Nevada Divorce Lawyer Needs to Know (2013, CLE)
- ALPHABET SOUP: ERISA, REA AND QDROS; PERS, FERS, CSRS AND MBDOS; WHAT YOU DON’T KNOW CAN HURT YOU (2010, CLE)
- Military Retirement Benefits Teleclass (Outline)
- A PRIMER ON NEVADA PENSION LAW IN DIVORCE, PERS, AND NRS 125.155 (2010, Extracted From Hedlund Amicus)
- QDROs Under ERISA and Nevada PERS (2010, Presentation)
- FERS vs CSRS