1. Employee vs. Employer Contributions
Many 401(k) plans include both employee contributions (which are always fully vested) and employer contributions (which may be subject to a vesting schedule). In the case of the Healthfirst Family Care Center, Inc.. Employee Retirement Plan, it’s likely that employer-matching contributions exist. Only the vested portion of those contributions is divisible by a QDRO. If contributions were made but are not vested, the alternate payee may not have rights to those amounts.

