Snyder v. Tucson Police Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board

*240 OPINION

DRUKE, Judge.

¶ 1 Michael and Caren Thomas dissolved their marriage in 1994. The dissolution decree awarded Caren 21.61 percent of Michael’s pension in the Arizona Public Safety Personnel Retirement System (PSPRS).1 Caren was paid $458.32 per month from June 1994 until her death in December 1995. Her will devised all of her property to her parents.

¶ 2 The personal representative of Caren’s estate filed an application with the Tucson Police Public Safety Personnel Retirement System Board to have Caren’s share of the PSPRS benefits paid to her estate, but the Board rejected the…