Parada v. Parada

OPINION

DRUKE, Chief Judge.

In this appeal from summary judgment, we decide whether the trial court properly granted the former spouse of a now-deceased member of the Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS) a community interest in the death benefits provided to the member’s then-surviving spouse. We reverse and remand for further proceedings.

Raul and Guillermina Parada dissolved their marriage in September' 1987. The dissolution decree awarded Guillermina “50% of [Raul’s] retirement benefits” in PSPRS and required him to name her “as an irrevocable beneficiary of 50% of any death…