Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of MacDonald
Washington Supreme Court
Decided November 21, 1985No. 51224-8PublishedCited by 42 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtDurham, J.
The primary issue raised in this appeal is if the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act applies to the division of "military retired pay" in this dissolution decree. This decree was filed during the period in which McCarty v. McCarty, 453 U.S. 210, 69 L. Ed. 2d 589, 101 S. Ct. 2728 (1981) prohibited the division of military retired pay, but was on appeal when the protection act, which allows the division of military retired pay, was enacted. We hold that the protection act does apply and we remand the case to the trial court for reconsideration.
The MacDonalds were married on…
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