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CourtListener opinion 4330783

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15334-95
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Category: pension / defined benefit issues

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QDRO

y, after the settlement of other issues, it only remains for us to decide the income tax effect of a distribution which petitioner, as alternate payee, received from her former husband's thrift and pension funds under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) related to her divorce. At the time the petition herein was filed, petitioner was a resident of Ohio. Petitioner was divorced from her husband, Mr. Willadsen, in 1989. Petitioner remarried in late 1990 and for that year timely filed a joint return together with her new spouse, Mr. Clawson. Mr. Clawson's liability is not an issue in this case. In D

pension

without trial under the provisions of Rule 122. Accordingly, after the settlement of other issues, it only remains for us to decide the income tax effect of a distribution which petitioner, as alternate payee, received from her former husband's thrift and pension funds under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) related to her divorce. At the time the petition herein was filed, petitioner was a resident of Ohio. Petitioner was divorced from her husband, Mr. Willadsen, in 1989. Petitioner remarried in late 1990 and for that year timely filed a joint return together with her new spouse, Mr. Clawson. Mr. C

alternate payee

ted to the Court upon a full stipulation of facts and exhibits without trial under the provisions of Rule 122. Accordingly, after the settlement of other issues, it only remains for us to decide the income tax effect of a distribution which petitioner, as alternate payee, received from her former husband's thrift and pension funds under a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) related to her divorce. At the time the petition herein was filed, petitioner was a resident of Ohio. Petitioner was divorced from her husband, Mr. Willadsen, in 1989. Petitioner remarried in late 1990 and for that year timely filed a joint

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docket: 15334-95
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Clean opinion text

T.C. Memo. 1996-446

 UNITED STATES TAX COURT

 KAY A. CLAWSON, Petitioner v.
 COMMISSIONER OF INTERNAL REVENUE, Respondent

 Docket No. 15334-95. Filed September 30, 1996.

 James S. Nowak, for petitioner.

 Katherine Lee Wambsgans, for respondent.

 MEMORANDUM OPINION

 KÖRNER, Judge: Respondent determined a deficiency in

petitioner's Federal income tax for the year 1990 in the amount

of $10,741.

 All statutory references are to the Internal Revenue Code

in effect for the year in issue, and all Rule references are to
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the Tax Court Rules of Practice and Procedure, except as

otherwise noted.

 This case was submitted to the Court upon a full stipulation

of facts and exhibits without trial under the provisions of Rule

122. Accordingly, after the settlement of other issues, it only

remains for us to decide the income tax effect of a distribution

which petitioner, as alternate payee, received from her former

husband's thrift and pension funds under a qualified domestic

relations order (QDRO) related to her divorce.

 At the time the petition herein was filed, petitioner was a

resident of Ohio. Petitioner was divorced from her husband, Mr.

Willadsen, in 1989. Petitioner remarried in late 1990 and for

that year timely filed a joint return together with her new

spouse, Mr. Clawson. Mr. Clawson's liability is not an issue in

this case.

 In December 1989, petitioner and Mr. Willadsen executed a

property settlement agreement incident to their divorce. In that

agreement, the parties agreed that, if covered by a QDRO, $11,930

would be paid to petitioner, representing one-half of the present

value of Mr. Willadsen's pension benefits due to him from the

Marathon Petroleum Co. In addition, if covered by the QDRO,

$23,000 would be paid to petitioner in full satisfaction of her

share of the thrift plans administered by the Marathon Petroleum

Co. for the benefit of Mr. Willadsen. The parties agreed that

thereafter petitioner would have no further interest or claim
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against any benefits that were due to Mr. Willadsen from his

present or future employer.

 The parties were formally divorced by the State courts of

Ohio in December 1989. The decree of divorce ordered that the

settlement agreement be incorporated into and made part of the

judgment. In March 1990, the appropriate Ohio court filed a

supplemental order in the divorce case which the parties agree is

the QDRO referred to in the parties' above settlement agreement,

and is a QDRO within the meaning of section 414(p). At paragraph

4 of said QDRO, the Ohio court ordered: \Any taxes due to