Maslen v. Maslen

BOYLE, Justice.

In this appeal from the magistrate’s decision in a divorce action, we are called upon to determine whether it was error for the magistrate to award a portion of the husband-appellant’s pension benefits to the wife-respondent. We must also determine whether the magistrate erred by not making a lump sum distribution of the non-*87employee spouse’s interest in the pension benefits, and whether the community interest was calculated in a proper manner.

The appellant, Holbrook Maslen, is an airline pilot for United Airlines. Mr. Maslen and the respondent, Eileen Maslen, were married on…