In Re the Marriage of O'Connor

SACKETT, Presiding Judge.

In this appeal from a decree dissolving a nineteen-year marriage, respondent-appellant Michael O’Connor challenges the trial court’s ruling dividing Michael’s disability pension with petitioner-appellee Lanett O’Connor. We affirm as modified.

At the time of marriage, Michael, born in 1958, held a bachelor’s degree from the University of Northern Iowa and was employed by the Waterloo police department. He retained this employment until December 27, 1991, when he suffered a back problem in the line of duty, preventing him from standing for long periods and preventing him…