"rick wintomac" <c308682[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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Undoubtedly, the answers to these questions depend on the terms specified by
your company. You need to contact your HR department for clarification.

Elizabeth Richardson

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"rick wintomac" <c308682[at]gmail.com> wrote in message
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Her share of what? The amount that was contributed?
Certainly not a share of the Annuity Benfit, since it is
as you state "a Single Life Annuity"


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Single life Annuity GENERALLY means that payments will be
made to the ANNUITANT as long as HE is alive.....



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One would have to see BOTH the Contract and the Divorce Decree ! ! ! ! !


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At this point one can not determine theose supposed Spouse Payments.

Cal Lester CLU

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rick wintomac wrote:
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Was there any court ordered QDRO or anything like that at the time of
the divorce? Her share through date of separation? I can understand the
intent of that sentence but who, exactly, was tasked with doing the
math? I think this can be handled one of a number of ways, but you
should have paperwork that compels you to one specific method.

Joe
www.blog.joetaxpayer.com

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I have a traditional (Defined Benefit) pension plan. As I am
divorced, my former spouse is entitled to her share through the date
of separation.

My pension benefit will be a single life annuity, and I will have the
option of receiving the monthly benefit starting at normal retirement
for the plan, or at an earlier date.

1. Does the commencement of the benefits for the former spouse
coincide with the date that I elect, or is it a fixed date, such as my
normal retirement age?

2. If the former spouse predeceases the plan participant, does that
affect the payments to the plan participant? Or does the former
spouse's benefit merely cease and stay in the plan?

Thanks much.

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