My divorce was finalized contingent on completing a qdro. I have a Boeing pension plan that we have to split. my ex

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I am so sorry to hear about this situation.  The keys to the QDRO order are that the order does accurately reflect the division of this pension as ordered in your divorce.  Have you received a copy of it to review yourself?

Since JustAnswer cannot provide actual legal advice or representation, I cannot advise you whether the QDRO is correct, but I can take a look at it and tell you what it appears to do in terms of the pension division if that would help.

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I am reviewing the QDRO now.

Can you confirm for me what dates you two were married and how long (what years) you worked for Boeing?

Also, did both of you work for Boeing?

Thank you for that additional detail.  The QDROs - one for division of your pension and one for his - appear to divide 50/50 any portion of the pensions that was earned between June 19, 1979 and your date of separation.  What that means is that any amount of your pension earned as a result of your work for Boeing from 1975 to June 19, 1979 is solely remaining yours, the amount you accrued in pension benefits for work from June 19, 1979 until you left Boeing in 1989 is being divided 50/50.  The same is true of his pension.

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Technically yes, because the 50% division is based on any amount you are receiving due to work you performed during the marriage.  What that really depends on is the type of plan and how benefits are calculated.

Correct.  The QDRO's stop the community property split as of January 1, 2018.

The value of the pension plan will be left to the Boeing Plan Administrators to determine.  So, it would be the plan administrator you would contact once the QDRO is received/accepted by the plan to tell you what this 50% division means in terms of the benefits you will get from it.  Your ex-spouse nor the QDRO nor any attorney can change that value, once the QDRO is provided to the plan administrator defining how it is to be divided, then the Boeing plan administrator makes that calculation.

These QDROs merely divide both pensions 50/50 between you two for any portion of the pension or retirement account that the employer's plan deems earned during the marriage (1979-2018).

I don't see anything suspicious or odd about the QDROs.  If your divorce included that you would both be dividing the marital/community property portion of your retirement accounts 50/50, the QDROs do that.

Then these QDROs are consistent with that settlement.

This should be the end of it - he would have to go back to court and have some basis to have your settlement and the resulting divorce order undone and that is highly unlikely.  In addition, this 50/50 split is the norm and I wouldn't expect any court to reconsider it.

The key is to look at the allocation of benefit portion to see that both split the pensions - one for yours and one for his - 50% for the time of your marriage.  I hope that gives you some calm.