401(k) Contributions: Employee and Employer Amounts
QDROs can divide both the participant’s own contributions and employer-matching or profit-sharing contributions. However, only the amounts that are marital property—typically those earned during the marriage—would be subject to division. This is where precise language in the QDRO matters.
Be sure to specify whether the alternate payee is sharing in the full account or only the balance accrued between certain dates. For example, “from date of marriage to date of separation.”

