Halbert v. Halbert

I respectfully dissent because the trial court correctly construed the qualified domestic relations order to mean that the wife could choose to begin receiving a portion of the husband’s retirement benefits on either his retirement or on his “Unreduced Retirement Date,” as that term is defined in the pension plan maintained by the husband’s employer.

The entire order relates to the payments to be made to the wife, after divorce, in connection with the pension plan which otherwise would have covered her had the parties remained married. The order determined what her rights would be, authorized…