I get part of my ex-husband's military retirement from a divorce. is this a qualified or non-qualified plan?

[joanneraye8]

I'm trying to answer the question on whether my this plan is qualified or non-qualified and I don't know.  It is a military retirement, but I am not the one who retired.

[VolvoGirl]

I believe it's non qualified.  I'll ask @dmertz 

[Critter-3]

When asked choose qualified.

[TomD8]

From a Google search:

"The government pays your military retirement pay to you as a pension. As a pension, it is a defined benefit plan classified as a qualified deferred compensation plan. If you receive payments in retirement from a thrift savings plan you paid into, this is a defined contribution plan, which also falls under the classification of a qualified deferred compensation plan."

https://finance.zacks.com/military-retirement-nonqualified-deferred-compensation-plan-11016.html

[DaveF1006]

In this context, a military retirement plan is considered a non-qualified plan.  Please read this link for further confirmation.

@joanneraye8 

[Carl]

Military retirement pay is a non-qualified plan. On the desktop version of TTX, it states that in one of the examples provided on that screen.