In Re the Marriage of Nixon

Opinion by

Judge NEY.

John H. Nixon (husband) appeals from the permanent orders entered in this action dissolving his marriage to Carryn Marie Nixon (wife). We affirm.

I

We first address whether the trial court lacked jurisdiction to vacate the original final orders and order a new hearing to reconsider the proper classification of the husband’s military pension for purposes of equitable distribution.

At the conclusion of the permanent orders hearing in September 1987, the trial court, relying on Ellis v. Ellis, 191 Colo. 317, 552 P.2d 506 (1976), ruled that husband’s military pension was not…