Cited as a critical way to protect women’s retirement security, a group of House and Senate Democratic lawmakers have reintroduced legislation that would require spousal consent for 401(k) plan ...

Understanding the spousal consent requirements for changing a 401(k) beneficiary is key to following all legal and procedural steps, protecting both the account holder and their spouse. By getting ...

“Since passage of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984, beneficiaries of defined-benefit plans must obtain written spousal consent to take payment in a form other than a joint-and-survivor annuity ...

Academics and midwives on June 27 submitted a petition to the health ministry demanding the removal of a legal clause that requires pregnant women to obtain the consent of their spouses to have ...

(In community property states, you may need spousal consent to name someone other than your spouse as beneficiary of more than 50% of the account.) Some plans do require spousal consent for a ...

The Women's Retirement Protection Act of 2025, introduced March 12 by Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Ill., and Sen. Tammy Baldwin, ...

"Since passage of the Retirement Equity Act of 1984, beneficiaries of defined-benefit plans must obtain written spousal consent to take payment in a form other than a joint-and-survivor annuity ...