In Re the Marriage of Bickel

ON REHEARING

BUCHANAN, Judge.

In our original opinion appearing as In Re: Marriage of Bickel (1989), Ind.App., 533 N.E.2d 593, we affirmed the trial court's division of property, a division which did not include Robert's military retirement benefits as part of the marital pot. Due to cireumstances beyond our control, we now grant Virginia's petition for rehearing, vacate our previous decision and reverse the trial court's division of property.

In our original opinion (handed down January 30, 1989) we characterized Robert's military benefits as property acquired by his own right, and decided,…