In Re Stapleton

The respondent, Joseph E. Stapleton (husband), appeals an order recommended by a Marital Master {Love, M.) and approved by the Superior Court {Nicolosi, J.) that awarded the petitioner, Deborah A. Stapleton (wife), forty-five percent of the husband’s pension as of the date the divorce petition was filed. We affirm.

The record evidences the following facts. The parties married on January 12, 1985, at which time the husband had been working for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for approximately two and one-half years. The wife filed for divorce on October 24, 2006. On December 2, 2006,…