THE CENTER FOR ACCESS TO QDROs
Closing the justice gap
by providing access to
high-quality QDROs
Free QDRO services are now available for low to moderate income individuals.
Our Mission
The Center’s mission is to combat financial abuse and fight for economic justice by providing legal aid organizations, self-help centers, and low-income individuals with tools they need to build a better financial future. Through technology development, training, research, and policy initiatives, the Center empowers underserved people to make informed financial choices and protect their wealth.
Goals and Outcomes with Grants Obtained
The goal is for grant participants to obtain funds for indigent persons going through divorce. It is a mistaken notion that only people with money have retirement accounts. All too often, one of the parties in a divorce is employed having some sort of retirement account (e.g. 401k), but the other party is not aware of his/her rights to a portion of those assets or because of lack of access in the self-help centers and/or legal aid organizations is not able to obtain his/her marital or community interest in those funds because they need a QDRO!
Our Commitment
At the Center for Access to QDROs, our mission is to close the justice gap in retirement benefit division, ensuring that vulnerable individuals receive the crucial help they need to prepare QDROs without the burden of cost. Our work, supported by grants, QDROCounsel, and generous donations, has already made a significant impact by enabling low-income litigants to secure the retirement benefits they are entitled to, allowing them to live their later years with dignity and financial security.
However, to sustain and expand our services, we need your support. Your donation will directly contribute to our ability to provide free QDRO services and continue our vital work in assisting those who would otherwise go without. Every contribution helps us bridge the gap and ensure that more individuals can access the benefits they deserve. Please consider making a donation today to support our ongoing efforts and make a lasting difference in the lives of those in need. Your generosity can help us ensure that justice and financial security are within reach for everyone.
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Project Strategies & Initiatives
CLE Access for Non-Profit Legal Service Providers
Our primary goal is to increase the capacity among nonprofit legal service providers, court-based self-help centers, and other similar entities, to enable low and moderate-income individuals to claim their pension benefits in divorce.
Making Pensions in Divorce Accessible
With training and mentoring for nonprofit legal service providers and court-based self-help centers, along with an exclusive license to drafting software, the Center for Access to QDROs is closing the justice gap to ensure that low and moderate income persons receive their entitlement to retirement assets in a divorce.
Cutting Edge QDRO Technology
The Center has an exclusive license to use technology developed by QDROCounsel, LLC. With this software it is now possible to teach, train and support those organizations helping those in most need.
Disclaimer: Communications between you and the Center are protected by our Privacy Policy but not by the attorney-client privilege or as work product. We are a nonprofit legal service organization providing legal information about dividing retirement benefits in divorce and helping with preparing documents only. We are not a law firm or a substitute for an attorney or law firm. We cannot provide any kind of advice, explanation, opinion, or recommendation about possible legal rights, remedies, defenses, options, selection of forms or strategies specific to your case. Communication of information by, in, to or through this Website and your receipt or use of it (1) is not intended to convey or constitute legal advice, and (2) is not a substitute for obtaining legal advice from a qualified attorney. We provide information of a general nature to assist you with our services. We provide referrals to legal aid organizations that may be able to assist you, but we do not guarantee they will accept your case or agree to represent you. You must enter into a separate agreement with them for services.
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Center for Access to QDROs is a 501(c)(3) under federal tax guidelines.