Thompson v. Thompson

This appeal from a judgment rendered in a dissolution proceeding, involving property division and alimony orders, concerns the extent to which a trial court may take into account unaccrued pension rights and the expectancy of receiving an inheritance in making such orders. The trial court’s finding, 1 which is not subject to material correction, 2 reveals that the parties had been married for twenty-six years. Both parties worked full time. The plaintiff wife was a registered nurse netting $217.35 per week at the time of the hearing; the husband netted $169.94 per week. The plaintiff also…