1. Employee and Employer Contributions
Employee contributions are generally 100% vested from the start. That means, whatever money the participant puts into the plan is available to be divided. Employer contributions, however, may be subject to a vesting schedule. If your spouse isn’t fully vested in those contributions, you may only be entitled to a portion—or none at all. A properly drafted QDRO can take those vesting rules into account and even allow post-divorce monitoring to capture future vesting events.

