Legal Question in Family Law in Maryland

Re: Divorce

You should have sought a specific award of a share of your husband's retirement plan at the time the divorce was entered. The pension plan administrators require a divorce court to sign a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), which is an order directing the plan administrator to divide up the pension benefits a certain way and distribute them directly to the employee and the ex-spouse at such time as the employee becomes entitled to receive the benefits. Although you didn't say how long ago you were divorced, it may be too late to seek a QDRO, unless the decree "reserved" as to this issue.