QILDRO Publications
These publications are designed to assist members of the State Employees’ Retirement System of Illinois (SERS) whose retirement benefits are potentially subject to division and distribution under a Qualified Illinois Domestic Relations Order (or QILDRO) during a marital dissolution proceeding.
The SERS QILDRO handbook explains QILDRO in detail and is available at the link below. The alternate payee’s share of the benefit or refund may be expressed in dollar amounts or in percentages. If the QILDRO uses percentages, a second court order — the Calculation Order — will be necessary to tell SERS how much to pay the alternate payee. The Calculation Order may be submitted once the amount of the retirement benefit or refund is known. This two-step process may be useful when divorce occurs before the member retires.