Espinda v. Espinda

OPINION

FEDERICI, Justice.

This is an appeal from the District Court of Bernalillo County. The suit was for divorce and property settlement. Husband appeals the issue involving military retirement pay, and wife cross-appeals on the issues of alimony and attorney fees. We reverse on the appeal and affirm in part and reverse in part on the cross-appeal.

Husband was in the military from February 1956 until January 1976. The parties were married in November 1959 and lived in Hawaii from the time of their marriage until 1976, when they moved to New Mexico. The parties were divorced while domiciled in…