Legal Opinion
Cose v. Cose
Alaska Supreme Court
Decided March 30, 1979No. 3243, 3244PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
CONNOR, Justice.
The major issue in this appeal and cross-appeal is whether in divorce proceedings military retirement pay is to be considered future income to the retiree or property divisible between the parties. Appellant Leroy Cose challenges the superior court’s determination that his retirement pay was property 'acquired during his marriage to appellee and therefore divisible under AS 09.55.210(6).
Appellant entered the United States Army in June of 1954 and on November 14, 1954, he and appellee Joanne Cose were married. After a marriage of twenty years, during which time appellant…
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