Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of Carpenter
California Court of Appeal
Decided November 21, 1986No. A028500PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
SCOTT, Acting P. J.
Donald Carpenter (husband) and Hye-Suk Carpenter (wife) executed a marital settlement agreement which included a provision confirming that husband’s military retirement benefits were his separate property. The agreement was incofporated by reference into a final judgment of dissolution entered in September 1982. In July 1984, the trial court granted wife’s request for division of those retirement benefits pursuant to Civil Code section 5124. Husband’s principal contention in this appeal is that the application of section 5124 unconstitutionally impairs his contract…
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