Barker v. Crawford

We summarily reverse the trial court’s “Order on Respondent’s Exceptions to General Master’s Report and Recommendations” insofar as it states, “This Court finds that no reference was made in the Amended Family Mediation Unit Agreement incorporated by reference into the Final Judgment of Dissolution of Marriage to the Respondent’s beneficiary rights to the proceeds of the subject deferred compensation account.” Instead, we conclude, based upon de novo review, the general master correctly construed the statement in the Amended (Short Form) Family Mediation Unit Agreement that “Husband shall…