Andresen v. Andresen

COLE, Judge.

Ruth Andresen seeks to share in her husband Ralph’s military retirement pay. She was denied this relief when *382the trial court dismissed her motion to modify a decree of divorce.

Ruth and Ralph were divorced in Maryland on November 13, 1981, after some forty years of marriage. The decree of divorce incorporated a handwritten settlement agreement between the parties which provided the following: Ralph would pay Ruth $500 in alimony per month for five years, Ralph would contribute $425 toward Ruth’s attorney’s fee, and the parties would divide the cost of the divorce action. Neither…