In Re Marriage of Shattuck

Opinion

ELKINGTON, J.

In a marriage dissolution action the wife, Doris, appeals from a “Judgment re Division of Pension Funds After Interlocutory Decree of Dissolution of Marriage.”

Doris, and the husband, Karl, were employed by the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Company. Each was a beneficiary of the company’s employees’ pension plan. Doris’ pension rights at the time of the trial had vested but not matured, while Karl’s such rights were both vested and matured. Neither party was obliged to retire, and neither had plans to do so until required by the company’s rules.

The judgment, as relevant,…