Legal Opinion
Matter of Marriage of Booker
Supreme Court of Colorado
Decided July 7, 1992No. 90SC702PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Kirshbaum
In In re Marriage of Booker, 811 P.2d 405 (Colo.App.1990), the Colorado Court of Appeals reversed the trial court’s conclusion that it lacked jurisdiction to grant the request of respondent Betty K. Booker (wife) that she be awarded a portion of a military pension owned by petitioner Richard L. Booker (husband) as marital property. Having granted certiorari to consider the propriety of the Court of Appeals ruling, we reverse.
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The Bookers were married in 1959, at which time the husband was a member of the United States Air Force. Upon his retirement from military service in April 1978, he, the…
2Cases cited15 opinions
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- Ellis v. EllisSupreme Court of Colorado · 1976
- In the Interest of ClintonSupreme Court of Colorado · 1988
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