In Re Marriage of Colvin

Opinion

ANDERSON, P. J.

Section 4800.8 of the Civil Code, enacted in 1986, broadly empowers the trial court to make whatever orders are necessary to ensure that each spouse receives his or her full community property share of any retirement plan, be it public or private. This appeal concerns the scope of the court’s discretion under section 4800.8 to allocate the community interest in a judicial pension plan where it previously divided the asset but reserved jurisdiction to supervise payments upon actual retirement.

Appellant, now-retired Judge Morton R. Colvin, urges that the trial court erred…