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Divorce and Qualified Domestic Relations Orders

	A Spouse's Rights to Pensions in a Divorce A pension earned during a marriage is considered a joint asset of the couple. During a divorce, special actions must be taken to divide this joint asset. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Common Legal Terms (Separate Website) An online glossary of legal terms from A to W By: Iowa Judicial Branch


	Divorce Orders (Separate Website) This resource general information to attorneys and other pension professionals on qualified domestic relations orders (QDROs) submitted to PBGC after PBGC trustees set up a plan.


	QDROs: The Division of Pensions Through Qualified Domestic Relations Orders (Separate Website) Whether and how to divide a participant's interest in a pension plan are often important considerations in separation, divorce, and other domestic relations proceedings.


	Women's Institute for a Secure Retirement (Separate Website) Fact Sheets and Publications on divorce and pension issues.

General Reference

	Benefits Link (Separate Website) General resources for pension and benefit issues


	Common Legal Terms (Separate Website) An online glossary of legal terms from A to W By: Iowa Judicial Branch


	Department of Labor Pension Publications for Consumers (Separate Website) This page contains links to a number of relevant publications on pensions rights and issues.


	Employee Benefit Research Institute (Separate Website) This website provides objective research and educational materials about retirement, pensions and benefit programs.


	Iowa Taxes on Pensions and Social Security Iowa has made several recent changes to how it taxes Social Security income and the income of senior citizens generally. These changes should reduce taxes. By: Upper Midwest Pension Rights Project


	New Pension Law: The Pension Protection Act of 2006 In August 2006, Congress passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006. It has several parts that may interest you, as well as changes that may affect all of us as taxpayers. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Fact Sheets (Separate Website) This page contains links to a number of relevant fact sheets on pensions rights and issues.


	Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation Pension Publications (Separate Website) This page contains links to a number of relevant publications on pensions rights and issues.


	Pension Protection Act of 2006 In August 2006, Congress passed the Pension Protection Act of 2006 (the “Act”). It has several parts that may interest you, as well as changes that may affect all of us as taxpayers. By: Upper Midwest Pension Rights Project


	Pension Rights Center (Separate Website) This organization serves as the U.S. Administration on Aging’s National Pension Assistance Resource Center. It is dedicated to protecting and promoting the consumer pension rights and contains links to valuable information and resources.


	Pensions, Mergers and Buyouts With the recent merger of Maytag and Whirlpool, many employees and retirees of Maytag and other Iowa companies are wondering what can happen to their defined benefit plans. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Protecting Your 401(K) Plan The value of your 401(K) plan at retirement depends on the amount of contributions and how your investments perform. If the company does not make the contributions or if investment performance is poor, you could end up with less than you contributed. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Protecting Your Defined Benefit Plan Several major company pensions have recently failed or have serious funding problems. Employees thus need to be more aware of the strength and security of their retirement plans. By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Survivor Benefits In many cases, surviving spouses can continue to get pension benefits after the "participant" spouse (the one with the pension) dies. By: Iowa Legal Aid

Government Pensions

	Common Legal Terms (Separate Website) An online glossary of legal terms from A to W By: Iowa Judicial Branch


	CSRS and FERS (Separate Website) Link to the federal CSRS FERS Handbook for Personnel and Payroll Offices. This handbook includes rules for calculating and administering federal civil service pensions


	Federal Employee (Separate Website) Link to the federal Office of Personnel Management - Retirement Services website. This site contains information on federal employee pensions, including publications and links to other resources.


	IPERS (Separate Website) Link to the Iowa Public Employee Retirement System website.


	IPERS Fact Sheet An overview of the Iowa Public Employees Retirement System (IPERS) By: Iowa Legal Aid


	Military Pension Survivor Benefits In many cases, surviving spouses of military retirees can continue to get pension benefits. In the military, this payment option is called a "Survivor Benefit Plan," or SBP for short. By: Upper Midwest Pension Rights Project

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