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| | Divorce, Pensions and Retirement Benefits Newsletter |
 | | Another scenario, and unfortunately more common, is the former spouse who comes to you and says that their ex-husband or wife retired six months, or six years, ago and when the client contacted the employer they found out that the plan had never received a domestic relations order. |
 | | If the ex-spouse was unmarried at the time of retirement and did not designate a survivor but, rather took his or her full, unreduced monthly pension or if your new client was not named the beneficiary for survivor benefits in the settlement, you will be able to solve his or her dilemma. |
 | | If the former participant spouse had remarried before his or her retirement, and the new spouse has been designated survivor, even though your client was to be named the survivor, there is little you can do to rectify that situation. |
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