Bankston v. Taft

CLAYTON, Justice.

This is an appeal from a judgment denying appellant any interest in and to retirement benefits that had not been divided at the time of the original divorce proceeding.

The parties were married on November 10, 1952, and divorced on November 30, 1970. The divorce decree made no mention of the benefits of a retirement plan then in effect. Appellant’s wife now seeks to obtain a partition of the retirement benefits received by appellee and to be received by him in the future. In a non-jury trial, judgment was entered denying appellant any interest in such retirement benefits.

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