Thorne v. Raccina

Opinion

PREMO, Acting P. J.

Steven C. Thorne and Laura L. Raccina entered into a stipulated marital dissolution judgment in 1999 under which Laura1 agreed to accept 16 percent of Steven’s military retired pay starting in 2008 based on his rank and pay level at the time of the judgment. In 2010, Laura sought to set aside the judgment because she learned that courts apply the “time rule”2 for apportioning a pension’s community and separate property interests. The trial court found that the parties’ contractual intention was to enter into an *496agreement that complied with California law and held…