Murphy v. Murphy

CLARK, Chief Judge Presiding.

The appeal in this case is from a purported judgment ordering retroactive distribution between the husband and wife of a marital asset omitted from distribution under the original dissolution of marriage decree. Appellant-husband contends the judgment was in error because the asset in question, his military pension, was not a marital asset, or if it was, the subject of its disposition was concluded by the previous judgment in the case.

The marriage between these parties was terminated by a dissolution decree entered October 6, 1980. 1 That decree also undertook to…