Morton v. Morton

BECTON, Judge.

We are asked to decide whether a percentage of the husband’s military pension was properly awarded to the wife in an equitable distribution action.

The parties were married on 22 May 1952 and separated in January 1977. On 1 November 1983 the wife, Correne Owen Morton, filed this action seeking alimony pendente lite, permanent alimony, an absolute divorce, and an equitable distribution of the parties’ marital property. The absolute divorce was granted on 19 January 1984. The wife took a dismissal with prejudice against the husband on her claims for alimony pendente lite and…