In Re the Marriage of Murphy

This is an action from the Eighth Judicial District Court, Cascade County, granting a dissolution and apportioning the marital estate. Petitioner wife appeals the court’s division of the marital estate and specifically the court’s exclusion of her husband’s Veteran’s Administration (VA) disability benefits from the marital estate. Affirmed.

We consider the following question on appeal: Did the District Court abuse its discretion in dividing the marital estate without sufficient consideration of the parties’ opportunities for future income or by failing to consider Kenneth’s VA disability…