Originally Posted by
vagabond
If I am not mistaken, the important thing is the money doesn't make a pit stop in your account, not even for a nanosecond. The rollover must be between institutions.
Yes, we just did this for my wife two weeks ago. We rolled over her 401k from her old job to Vanguard. Vanguard was very helpful. We ended up doing a conference call between us, Vanguard, and her former employer's 401k folks. Just signed some paperwork and mailed it in.