Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDROs) - What you need to know

Stephen Abramson 
Instructor: Stephen Abramson 
Date: Wednesday May 21, 2025
Time:

08:00 AM PDT | 11:00 AM EDT

Duration: 90 Minutes
Webinar Id: 24157

Price Details

Live Webinar
$150. One Attendee
$290. Unlimited Attendees
Recorded Webinar
$190. One Attendee
$390. Unlimited Attendees
Combo Offers   (Live + Recorded)
$289 $340   One Attendee
$599 $680   Unlimited Attendees

Unlimited Attendees: Any number of participants

Recorded Version: Unlimited viewing for 6 months (Access information will be emailed 24 hours after the completion of live webinar)

Overview:

This program will cover the nature of Qualified Domestic Relations Orders, how they are to be applied and the potential pitfalls that plan sponsors should be sure to avoid in processing the QDRO.

Why you should Attend:

Any professional involved in any way with retirement plans should be familiar with the nature of a Qualified Domestic Relations Order to at least understand how it impacts the targeted retirement plan.

Areas Covered in the Session:

  • Validation of the QDRO
  • Determination of benefit allocation between the plan participant and alternate payee 
  • Common errors that occur in preparing and administering the QDRO
  • Fiduciary responsibility to timely process the QDRO
  • Determination of form of distribution to alternate payee
  • Defined benefit plans vs. defined contribution plans

Who Will Benefit:

  • Accounting Firms
  • Registered Investment Advisory Firms
  • Broker Dealers

Speaker Profile
Stephen Abramson is the President and founding partner of APS Pension Services, LLC established in 1977, a mid-size consulting and actuarial firm employing twenty-two professional and support staff specializing in pension and pension-related services. For over 40 years, APS has been providing closely held businesses with financial services including pension design and administration, business succession planning, and wealth preservation planning. In 2015 APS Investment Management was established to provide fiduciary services to 401(k) and 403(b) plans and in 2018 APS Wealth Management, a Registered Investment Advisor (RIA), was established to provide investment management services to individual clients and retirement plans replacing a previous relationship with a Broker/Dealer.

Steve graduated from Cornell University in 1964, earned the designation of Chartered Life Underwriter in 1967 from the American College, Certified Pension Consultant in 1970 from the American Society of Pension Professionals and Actuaries and Chartered Financial Consultant from the American College in 1972.

Steve has taught professional level education programs for the American Society of Pension Actuaries; lectured to various professional groups, including the National Conference of CPA Practitioners, The NYS Society of CPAs, Nassau Bar Association, the C.W. Post Tax Institute, and the National Institute of Pension Administrators; and conducted continuing education seminars for Certified Public Accountants for the past 35 years.

He is co-author of Plan Smart, Retire Rich published by McGraw Hill in 1998; author of Advisor’s Guide to Qualified Plans originally published by Aspen Publishing in March 2002 and recently updated with the 2021 eighth edition, and Retirement Financial Management for Clients Approaching Retirement published by Aspen Publishing in August 2002. A less technical version of Advisor’s Guide to Qualified Plans entitled Guide to Qualified Retirement Plans: A Plain Language Primer was published by the International Association of Employee Benefits in March 2005. The second edition of this book was released in 2008

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