Employee and Employer Contributions
The Freedom Technology Solutions Group, LLC 401(k) Profit Sharing Plan likely includes traditional elective deferrals (money contributed from the employee’s paycheck) and possibly employer profit sharing contributions.
Here’s why that matters:
- Employee Elective Deferrals: These are always 100% vested and can be divided by a QDRO without restriction.
- Employer Contributions: These often vest over time and can include a graded or cliff vesting schedule. An alternate payee is only entitled to the portion of these that the participant was vested in as of the cutoff date specified in the QDRO (often the date of separation or divorce).

