In Re the Marriage of Pilant

—An ex-wife appeals from the distribution of property in a decree of dissolution of marriage. The issues before us are: (1) whether filing of a petition for dissolution automatically abrogates a community property agreement; (2) whether the trial court erred in its method of valuation of the husband's pension benefits; and (3) if so, whether that error rendered the property distribution so unfair and inequitable as to be an abuse of discretion. We affirm the trial court.

The parties were married in 1949. Out of their earnings during marriage they acquired a home and some recreational real…