Legal Opinion
Matter of Marriage of Vinson
Court of Appeals of Oregon
Decided May 12, 1982No. 25216, CA A22656PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWarren, J.
Wife appeals from an order modifying a dissolution decree. The trial court granted husband’s motion to modify because of the United States Supreme Court’s decision that military pension benefits are not community property subject to property division in dissolution cases. McCarty v. McCarty, 453 US 210, 101 S Ct 2728, 69 L Ed 2d 589 (1981). The central question is whether and to what extent McCarty may be applied retroactively to a final decree dividing marital property. We reverse.
At the time of the original decree, husband had a vested, matured military pension and could have retired then…
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