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QDRO to Collect Past Due Child Support
Overview of a Florida QDRO and Dividing Florida Retirement Accounts
In Florida, vested pensions are marital property. A pension vests when all the requirements to receive the pension have been met. Unvested pensions are also marital property. Until the pension has vested, the person under whom the pension is maintained has only an expectancy of interest in the pension.
In Florida, 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.
In Florida, 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.
Florida 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.
ALACHUA COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 600, Gainesville, FL 32602, or 201 E. University Ave., Gainesville, FL 32601
BAKER COUNTY COURT,
339 E. Macclenny Avenue, Suite 113, Macclenny, FL 32063
BAY COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 2269, Panama City, FL 32402, or 300 E.4th St., Panama City, FL 32401
BRADFORD COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Drawer B, Starke, FL 32091, or 945 N. Temple Ave., Starke, FL 32091
BREVARD COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 999, Titusville, FL 32781-0239, or 400 S. St., Titusville, FL 32780
BROWARD COUNTY COURT,
201 S. E. 6th St., Rm. 136, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301
CALHOUN COUNTY COURT,
20859 Central Ave. E., Room 130, Blountstown, FL 32424
CHARLOTTE COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 511687-1687, Punta Gorda, FL 33951, or 350 E. Marion Ave., Punta Gorda, FL 33951-1687
CITRUS COUNTY COURT,
110 N. Apopoka Ave., Inverness, FL 34450-4299
CLAY COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 698, Green Cove Springs, FL 32043,or 825 N. Orange Ave., Green Cove Springs, FL 32043
COLLIER COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 413044, Naples, FL 34101-3044 or 3301 Tamiami Trail E., Naples, FL 34112
COLUMBIA COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 2069, Lake City, FL 32056 or 173 N.E. Hernando Ave., Lake City, FL 32055
DESOTO COUNTY COURT,
115 E. Oak St., Arcadia, FL 34266-2401
DIXIE COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 1206, Cross City, FL 32628-1206 or 214 N.E. 351 Hwy., Ste. M, Cross City, FL 32628-1206
DUVAL COUNTY COURT,
Duval County Courthouse, 330 E. Bay St., Rm. 103, Jacksonville, FL 32202-2919
ESCAMBIA COUNTY COURT,
190 Governmental Ctr., Rm. 23001, Pensacola, FL 32502
FLAGLER COUNTY COURT,
1769 E.Moody Blvd., Bldg. #1, Bunnell, FL 32110
FRANKLIN COUNTY COURT,
33 Market St., Ste. 203, Apalachicola, FL 32320
GADSDEN COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 1649, Quincy, FL 32353 or 10 E. Jefferson St., Quincy, FL 32351
GILCHRIST COUNTY COURT,
112 S. Main St., Trenton, FL 32693
GLADES COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 10, Moore Haven, FL 33471 or 500 Ave. J, Suite 102, Moore Haven, FL 33471
GULF COUNTY COURT,
1000 Cecil G. Costin, Sr. Blvd., Rm. 148, Port St. Joe, FL 32456
HAMILTON COUNTY COURT,
207 N.E. 1st St., Rm. 106, Jasper, FL 32052
HARDEE COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Drawer 1749, Wauchula, FL 33873 or 417 W. Main St., Rm. 214, Wauchula, FL 33873
HENDRY COUNTY COURT,
25 Hickpochee Ave., LaBelle, FL 33935
HERNANDO COUNTY COURT,
20 N. Main St., Rm. 130, Brooksville, FL 34601
HIGHLANDS COUNTY COURT,
590 S. Commerce Ave., Sebring, FL 33870-3867
HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 1110, Tampa, FL 33601 or County Center, 13th Flr., 601 E. Kennedy Blvd.,
Tampa, FL 33602
HOLMES COUNTY COURT,
201 N. Oklahoma St.. Bonifay, FL 32425
INDIAN RIVER COUNTY COURT,
2000 16th Ave., Vero Beach, FL 32960
JACKSON COUNTY COURT,
4445 Lafayette St., Marianna, FL 32446
JEFFERSON COUNTY COURT,
County Courthouse, Rm. 10, Monticello, FL 32344
LAFAYETTE COUNTY COURT,
120 W. Main St., Mayo, FL 32066
LAKE COUNTY COURT,
550 W. Main St., Tavares, FL 32778-3115
LEE COUNTY COURT,
P. O. Box 2469, Ft. Myers, FL 33902 or 1700 Monroe St., Ft. Myers, FL 33901
LEON COUNTY COURT,
301 S. Monroe St. Tallahassee, FL 32301
LEVY COUNTY COURT,
355 Court St., Bronson, FL 32621
LIBERTY COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 399, Bristol, FL 32321
MADISON COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 237, Madison, FL 32341-0237 or 125 S.W. Range Ave., Madison, FL 32340
MANATEE COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 25400, Bradenton, FL 34206 or 1115 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205
MARION COUNTY COURT,
110 N. W. 1st Ave., Ocala, FL 34475
MARTIN COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Drawer 9016, Stuart, FL 34995 or 100 E. Ocean Blvd., Stuart, FL 34994
MIAMI-DADE COUNTY COURT,
73 W. Flagler St., Suite 242, Miami, FL 33130
MONROE COUNTY COURT,
500 Whitehead St., Key West, FL 33040
NASSAU COUNTY COURT,
76347 Veterans Way, Yulee, FL 32097
OKALOOSA COUNTY COURT,
101 E. James Lee Blvd., Room 210, Crestview FL 32536
OKEECHOBEE COUNTY COURT,
312 N.W. 3rd St., Okeechobee, FL 34974
ORANGE COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 4994, Orlando, FL 32802-4994 or 425 N. Orange Ave., Suite 2110, Orlando, FL 32801
OSCEOLA COUNTY COURT,
2 Courthouse Square, Ste. 2000, Kissimmee, FL 34741
PALM BEACH COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 229, West Palm Beach, FL 33402 or 301 N. Olive, West Palm Beach, FL 33401
PASCO COUNTY COURT
P.O. Box 338, New Port Richey, FL 34656-0338 or 7530 Little Rd., Ste. 106, New Port Richey, FL 34654
PINELLAS COUNTY COURT,
315 Court St., Rm. 400, Clearwater, FL 33756
POLK COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 9000, Drawer CC-1, Bartow, FL 33831 or 255 N. Broadway, Bartow, FL 33830
PUTNAM COUNTY COURT,
410 St. Johns Ave., Palatka, FL 32177,
ST. JOHNS COUNTY COURT,
4010 Lewis Speedway, St. Augustine, FL 32095
ST. LUCIE COUNTY COURT,
2300 Virginia Ave., Fort Pierce, FL 34982
SANTA ROSA COUNTY COURT,
6495 Caroline St., Suite A, Milton, FL 32570
SARASOTA COUNTY COURT,
Sarasota County Courthouse, 2000 Main St., Sarasota, FL 34237
SEMINOLE COUNTY COURT
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P.O. Box 8099, Sanford, FL 32772-8099 or 301 N. Park Ave., Sanford, FL 32771-1243
SUMTER COUNTY COURT,
209 N. Florida St., Bushnell, FL 33513,
SUWANNEE COUNTY COURT,
200 S. Ohio Ave., Live Oak, FL 32064
TAYLOR COUNTY COURT,
108 N. Jefferson Street, Perry, FL 32347
UNION COUNTY COURT,
101 N. Alabama Ave., Deland, FL 32724
WAKULLA COUNTY COURT,
3056 Crawfordville Highway, Crawfordville, FL 32327
WALTON COUNTY COURT,
P.O. Box 1260, DeFuniak Springs, FL 32435 or 571 U.S. Hwy. 90 E., DeFuniak Springs, FL 32433
WASHINGTON COUNTY COURT,
1293 Jackson Ave., Chipley, FL 32428
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