In re the Marriage of Caudill

Husband appeals from a dissolution judgment, contending that the trial court erred in distributing his pension because it did not use the time rule to calculate the marital portion of that asset. See Richardson and Richardson, 307 Or 370, 378-79, 769 P2d 179 (1989). We review de novo, ORS 19.125(3), and reverse.

Husband has worked as an Allstate insurance agent since November 1964. The parties were married in October 1979. Wife began working as an Allstate agent in 1986. Each party has earned benefits under two plans offered by Allstate, a defined-benefit pension plan and a profit-sharing…