DePalantino v. DePalantino

The plaintiff, Norman C. DePalantino, appeals an order of the Superior Court (Gray, J.) modifying the property settlement contained in his 1989 divorce decree and awarding the defendant, Janice M. DePalantino, an interest in his military pension. We reverse.

The parties originally married in 1972. They were divorced in 1978, then remarried in 1979. Ultimately, the parties again divorced in 1989. In 1992, the defendant sought to reopen and set aside the property settlement from their second divorce on the bases that property of the marriage, namely, her ex-husband’s military pension, had not…