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Your 401(k) Can’t Go to Anyone but Your Spouse Unless She Signs a Waiver in Front of a Notary. Your IRA Can Go to Anyone You Name With No Signature at All, and Second Marriages Are Where the Difference Blows Up

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Your workplace retirement account and your IRA look nearly identical on a bank statement, but federal law treats them as completely different objects when a spouse, an ex, or a blended family enters the picture, and the moment most people accidentally change the rules is one nobody thinks to watch.

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