Unwinding The QDRO

A properly drawn QDRO [Qualified Domestic Relations Order] avoids the imposition of punitive taxes when retirement assets are divided upon divorce. Here, however, the parties screwed up their QDRO. The trial court then denied the subsequent motion to vacate the erroneous QDRO. Fortunately for them, however, the Appellate Division reverses the denial and orders that the mistake is to be rectified on remand.   Truesdell v. Truesdell, New Jersey App. Div., August 11, 2005