Gordon v. Gordon

OPINION ANNOUNCING THE JUDGMENT OF THE COURT

FLAHERTY, Justice.

This case concerns various issues relating to the equitable distribution of a marital estate. The first issue concerns the valuation of a pension fund where equitable distribution occurs fifteen years after marital separation and the pension is already in pay status. The second issue is whether certain early retirement inducements accepted by the employee-spouse after separation, which have the effect of increasing his retirement benefits, are includable in the marital estate.

Rosemarie and William Gordon married on May 31, 1958.…