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What information must not be included in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order?

A New York Qualified Domestic Relations Order must not contain any of the following information:

  • The order must not require the plan to provide to the alternative payee or participant with any type or form of benefit or option otherwise not provided under the plan.
  • The order must require the plan to provide for increased benefits.
  • The order must not require the plan to pay benefits to an alternate payee that a previously issued QDRO required to be paid to another payee.
  • The order must not require the plan to pay benefits to an alternate payee in the form of a qualified joint and survivor annuity to an alternate payee and his or her subsequent spouse.