In Re Marriage of Taylor

Opinion

CHANNELL, J.

—Wife appeals from a postjudgment order determining her interest in Husband’s judicial retirement benefits and denying her requests for modification of spousal support and for attorneys’ fees.

In her appeal, Wife has challenged the validity of the “terminable interest rule,” as it has been applied under the Judges’ Retirement Act. We are satisfied that the trial court’s order, when entered, was correct and in accord with then-existing law. After this case was fully briefed, however, the Legislature added section 4800.8 to the Civil Code, 1 effective January 1, 1987, with the…