Herron v. Johnson

FARRELL, Associate Judge:

Must the trial court, exercising its duty in a divorce action to distribute the marital property “in a manner that is equitable, just and reasonable,” D.C.Code § 16-910(b) (1997), distribute pension rights even though one spouse has entirely dissipated the pension funds? We answer that question yes. We therefore vacate the judgment of the trial court insofar as it refused to distribute the pension rights at issue, and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

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Merinda Herron and Henry Clifford John- . son were married in 1977 and had three children…