Employee and Employer Contributions
The Silverado Enterprises, Inc.. Retirement Savings Plan likely includes both employee contributions and employer matches. Fortunately, QDROs can divide both. However, employer contributions may be subject to a vesting schedule. This means only a portion of the account may be available to divide, depending on how long the participant has worked for the company.
The QDRO should clearly specify whether it covers just vested funds or if it will include future vesting. Many plans don’t allow division of unvested amounts. This is something we verify during our plan preapproval step—because nothing derails a QDRO faster than assuming all contributions are fair game when they’re not.

