Legal Opinion
In Re the Marriage of Giroux
Court of Appeals of Washington
Decided August 5, 1985No. 13873-1-IPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtWebster, J.
In this case we are asked to decide whether the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) provisions for retroactivity entitle Rose Giroux to relief from her amended dissolution decree, entered during the 20-month period when federal law prohibited state courts from treating military pensions as community property. We hold the trial court erred in denying her CR 60(b) motion for relief from judgment.
Facts
James and Rose Giroux originally had their marriage dissolved on March 10, 1981. The trial court ordered James to pay Rose one-half of the community's interest in his…
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