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Who owns the house? Is there debt on it? Not that debt will affect the tax treatment but obviously it affects what you end up getting.
I'm a CPA. Never heard of this if YOU own the IRA. Aboutdone's experience is for accounts that belonged to her ex to begin with so yeah, good call to check on this.
I have an IRA separate from his 401K which is held elsewhere at a different brokerage firm. I figured they would liquidate half and then I'd have it transferred to my IRA, which is not a Roth but a standard IRA.
The house is in both our names and we live in a community property state. We do have a mortgage but we have a decent amount of equity which, on paper, is equal to what I would get out of his 401K....hope that all makes sense, LOL.