Matter of Marriage of Manners

Wife raises three assignments of error against a decree of dissolution: (1) The trial court erred in failing to allow her a share of husband’s military pension; (2) the court erred in its award of spousal support; and (3) the court erred in failing to require husband to maintain life insurance in wife’s favor. We modify the decree to allow wife a share of the pension.

Husband and wife married in November, 1964. At the time of trial, husband was 40 and wife was 42. They have one child, age 17. Husband enlisted in the Coast Guard August 20, 1962, and has served continuously ever since. He has…