French v. French

In awarding the respondent an interlocutory decree of divorce, the court included in the community property of the parties the husband’s “reserve pay, pension or retired pay” to be received by him “for services in the United States Navy” and divided such pay equally between them. The husband has appealed from that portion only of the decree, contending that any amounts received by him will not be in compensation for services previously rendered but, on the contrary, for services presently rendered, and that it is therefore not community property subject to division upon divorce.

It appears…