Mosier v. Mosier

It could not be more apparent to this Justice that Hannelore Mosier deserves to share in her ex-husband’s military retirement benefits which accrued during the time the two were married. As the majority opinion correctly points out, I.C. § 32-713A was enacted “to alleviate the inequities experienced by those individuals caught between the issuance of McCarty and the effective date of 10 U.S.C. § 1408,”1 the statute which returned to the states the power to treat military retirement benefits in accordance with state law. Accordingly, this Court should interpret the statute to alleviate the…