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New Labor Department Rules Allow QDROs Issued After Participant’s Death
04/13/2007

The Department of Labor has issued new regulations, effective April 6, 2007, which clarify certain issues relating to domestic relations orders under ERISA. In particular, the new regulations allow a valid QDRO to be issued even after the participant has died. Plan administrators will need to change their QDRO procedures to the extent they are inconsistent with the new regulations.

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