georgiene

My ex spouse was a railroad retiree, we divorced 2008, with no mention of anything about Tier Two railroad benefits in the divorce decree. He was 68 when he died in 2009 and had been receiving benefits for about 9 years or so. We were married about twelve years and had one daughter. I am fifty now, and reviewing my future retirement benefits. I worked briefly for the railroad, five years, and was reviewing social security, and still had five missing years of railroad work on my social security statement. I called social security and they said I also have a railroad retirement as I have five years of service after 1995. My retirement will also be through the Railroad retirement Board. I called RRB (railroad retirement board) and they were reviewing Tier One and Tier II for me. She said I needed a QRDO? to be eligible to receive anything from HIS Tier Two (My understanding is you cannot name a beneficiary for Tier Two benefits, thus I had no idea this was possible.) Is it possible to get my divorce modified or submit a QRDO at this point in time so that when I retire I would be eligible for half of his Tier Two benefit?