Thielenhaus v. Thielenhaus

OPALA, Justice.

This certiorari presses for our decision two first-impression issues: (1) What portion, if any, of the in-marriage 1 increase in the hus band’s retirement fund is divisible as marital property? and if any be divisible, (2) What cut-off date should be set for valuation of this marital asset? We hold: (a) that the in-marriage enhancement (or growth) in the husband’s retirement fund which is attributable to .the employer’s participatory payments 2 or to either spouse’s monetary contribution, skill or effort is a divisible marital asset, but any increase in the husband’s separate…