Marr. of Green

WERDEGAR, J., Concurring.

The central question in this marital dissolution proceeding is how to characterize four years of service credit in the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) that Timothy P. Green (husband) earned during his premarital military service and elected to purchase with community funds during his marriage to Julie R. Green. The court concludes that, “except for the community’s contribution to the cost of obtaining the credit, the four years of additional credit are the husband’s separate property” because the “husband rendered the military service before…