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QDRO to Collect Past Due Child Support
Overview of a Alabama QDRO and Dividing Alabama Retirement Accounts
In Alabama, the court may include the retirement benefits and plans earned by both spouses as marital assets available for division.
Retirement benefits vary greatly but can generally be divided into two groups:
- Defined Contribution Plans: A defined amount of money belonging to the employee. The employee and/or the employer make defined contributions. The balance of the plan is constantly changing, but its value is definable at any given point. 401(k)’s, 403(b)’s and profit sharing plans fall into this category.
- Defined Benefit Plans: A retirement benefit where an employer promises to pay a benefit to an employee sometime in the future, based upon some type of formula. Normally, this formula is based on the employee’s salary near the end of his or her career and the number of years he or she worked for the employer before retirement. Defined benefit plans are much more complicated to value and often require the professional evaluation of an actuary to determine exact values.
Alabama statute places several limitations on the inclusion of retirement benefits as divisible marital assets. These conditions include provisions that:
- the spouse owning the benefits must be vested in them or be receiving them on the date the divorce is filed
- the parties must have been married for ten years, during which the benefits were being accumulated
- any retirement benefits earned prior to the marriage must be excluded
- the total benefit extended to the non-covered spouse must not exceed half the benefit to be considered
- the payout to the non-covered spouse may not begin until the covered spouse begins receiving benefits or reaches age 65, whichever comes first.
In Alabama, if spouses share in each other’s retirement or pension plan, a Qualified Domestic Relations Order must be completed. A QDRO is a written set of instructions that explains to a plan administrator that two parties are dividing pension benefits. The instructions set forth the terms and conditions of the distribution - how much of the benefits are to be paid to each party, when such benefits can be paid, how such benefits should be paid, etc.
Alabama County Courts:
The court locations below are provided for informational purposes only. We do our very best to keep this information current and accurate, but courthouse locations do change.
Lauderdale County Courthouse,
200 S. Court St., Florence, AL 35631
Limestone County Courthouse,
200 Washington Street W., 1st Fl., Athens, AL 35611
Madison County Courthouse,
100 North Side Square, Huntsville, AL 35801
Jackson County Courthouse,
102 Laurel St., , P.O. Box 397, Scottsboro, AL 35768
Colbert County Courthouse,
201 N. Main St., Tuscumbia, AL 35674
Franklin County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 160, Russellville, AL 35653
Lawrence County Courthouse,
14330 Court St., P.O. Box 249, Moulton, AL 35650
Morgan County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 668, Decatur, AL 35602
Marshall County Courthouse,
133 S. Emmett St., Albertville, AL 35950
Marshall/Guntersville County Courthouse,
424 Blount Ave., Guntersville, AL 35976
Dekalb County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 681149, Fort Payne, AL 35968
Cherokee County Courthouse,
100 Main St., Rm. 203, Centre, AL 35960
Marion County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 1595, 132 S. Military St., Hamilton, AL 35570
Winston County Courthouse,
195 Main St., Courthouse Square, P.O. Box 309, Double Springs, AL 35553
Cullman County Courthouse,
500 2nd Ave. S.W., Cullman AL 35055
Blount County Courthouse,
220 2nd Ave. E., Oneonta, AL 35121
Etowah County Courthouse,
801 Forrest Ave. Ste. 202, Gadsden, AL 35901
Fayette County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 906, Fayette, AL 35555
Lamar County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 434, Vernon, AL 35592
Pickens County Courthouse,
1 Courthouse Sq., P.O. Box 418, Carrollton, AL 35447
Walker County Circuit Courthouse,
1801 3rd Ave., P.O. Box 1389, Jasper, AL 35502
Jefferson -Birmingham County Courthouse,
716 Richard Arrington, Jr. Blvd. N., Birmingham, AL 35203
St. Clair -Ashville County Courthouse,
100 6th Ave., Courthouse Square, Ste. 400, Ashville, AL 35953
District Court of St. Claire-Pell City,
1815 Cogswell Ave., Suite 217, Pell City, AL 35125
Calhoun County Courthouse,
25 W. 11th St., Ste. 300, Anniston, AL 36201
Cleburne County Courthouse,
120 Vickery St., Room 202, Heflin, AL 36264
Tuscaloosa County Courthouse,
714 Greensboro Ave., Suite 214, Tuscaloosa, AL 35401
Shelby County Courthouse,
112 N. Main S, P.O. Box 1810, Columbiana, AL 35051
Talladega County Courthouse,
Court House Square, P.O. Box 6137, Talladega, AL 35161
Clay County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 816, Ashland, AL 36251
Coosa County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 98, RockFord, AL 35136
Randolph County Courthouse,
Main St., P.O. Box 328, Wedowee, AL 36278
Sumter County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 936, Livingston, AL 35470-0936
Greene County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 307, Eutaw, AL 35462
Hale County Courthouse,
P.O. Box Drawer 99, Greensboro, AL 36744
Bibb County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 185, Centreville, AL 35042
Chilton County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 1946, Clanton, AL 35046
Tallapoosa Alexander City/County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 189, Alexander City, AL 35010
Tallapoosa -Dadeville County Courthouse,
125 N. Broadnax St., Rm. 132, Dadeville, AL 36853
Chambers County Courthouse,
#2 Lafayette St., Lafayette, AL 36862
Perry County Courthouse,
300 Washington St., P.O. Box 505, Marion, AL 36756
Choctaw County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 428, Butler, AL 36904
Clarke County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 921, Grove Hill, AL 36451
Washington County Courthouse,
1 Court St., P.O. Box 548, Chatom, AL 36518
Marengo County Courthouse,
101 E. Coats Ave., Linden, AL 36748
Dallas County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 1148, Selma, AL 36702
Wilcox County Courthouse,
100 Broad St., P.O. Box 608, Camden, AL 36726
Autauga County Courthouse,
134 N. Court St., P.O. Box 681450, Prattville, AL 36068
Elmore County Judicial Complex,
P.O. Box 310, Wetumpka, AL 36092
Escambia County Courthouse,
314 Belleville Avenue, PO. Box 856, Brewton, AL 36427
Macon County Courthouse,
101 E. Northside St., Tuskegee, AL 36083
Lee County Courthouse,
2311 Gateway Dr., Rm. 104, Opelika, AL 36801
Lowndes County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 876, Hayneville, AL 36040
Montgomery County Courthouse,
251 Lawrence St., Montgomery, AL 36104,
Bullock County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 230, Union Springs, AL 36089
Russell County Judicial Center,
501 14th St., Phenix City, AL 36867
Sumter County Courthouse,
Washington St., Livingston, AL 35470,
Monroe County Courthouse,
65 N. Alabama Ave., Monroeville, AL 36460
Morgan County Courthouse,
302 Lee St., Decatur, AL 35602
Conecuh County Courthouse,
111 Court St., Rm. 203, Evergreen, AL 36401
Butler County Courthouse,
700 Court Square, P.O. Box 236, Greenville, AL 36037
Crenshaw County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 167, Luverene, AL 36049
Coffee County Courthouse,
230 M Court Ave., Elba, AL 36323
Coffee County Courthouse-Enterprise,
P.O. Box 311284, Enterprise, AL 36331
Pike County District Court,
120 W. Church St., Troy, AL 36081
Barbour-Clayton County Courthouse,
P.O. Box 219, Clayton, AL 36016
Barbour-Eufaula County Courthouse,
303 E. Broad St., Rm. 201, Eufaula, AL 36027
Mobile County Courthouse,
205 Government St., Mobile, AL 36644
Baldwin County Courthouse,
312 Courthouse Square, Bay Minette AL 36507
Baldwin County Court, Fairhope Satellite Courthouse,
1100 Fairhope Ave., Fairhope, AL 36532
Baldwin County, Foley Satellite Courthouse,
201 E. Section St., Foley, AL 36535
Escambia County Courthouse,
314 Belleville Ave., P.O. Box 1463, Brewton, AL 36426
Covington County Courthouse,
1-K N. Court Square, Andalusia, AL 36420
Dale County Courthouse,
100 E. Court Square, Ozark, AL 36360
Geneva County Courthouse,
200 N. Commerce St., Geneva, AL 36340
Henry County Circuit Court,
101 Court Square, Ste. J, Abbeville, AL 36310-2135
Houston County Courthouse,
114 N. Oates St., P.O. Drawer 6406, Dothan, AL 36302
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