Gallagher v. Gallagher

SHIVERS, Judge.

Appellant, Shirley June Gallagher, appeals from a final judgment of dissolution of marriage. We find that the trial court erred in failing to consider Mr. Gallagher’s pension plan a potential marital asset, and reverse.

On February 6, 1986, appellee, Paul Aguirre Gallagher, filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. The cause proceeded to trial on issues of support, alimony, and equitable distribution of the parties’ marital assets. The trial court awarded Mrs. Gallagher her husband’s interest in the marital home as well as some furniture which remained in it. Mrs. Gallagher…