Rollover to IRA from qualified plan

[Chippy]

If  a participant rolls over their qualified retirement plan into an IRA, are the assets protected from creditors like they are in the qualified plan? 

[ratherbereading]

How to Protect Your IRA from Creditors | Retirement Watch

[CuseFan]

Maybe. The rules vary by state, but I think most states these days allow protection of IRA money at a similar level as qualified plans.

Probably something you can Google easily enough.

[Luke Bailey]

Under the Federal Bankruptcy Code, rollovers to an IRA from an ERISA plan are protected 100%. Contributory IRA's up to $1 million. Absent unusual circumstances, if the IRA is not in bankruptcy, the account's anti-alienation provisions will prevail.