Legal Opinion
Stokes v. Stokes
Court of Appeals of Arizona
Decided September 11, 1984No. 1 CA-CIV 7257PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JACOBSON, Chief Judge.
OPINION
The primary issue on this appeal is whether the trial court erred in ordering that a husband’s portion of monthly disability pension benefits be paid into a trust for distribution to his former wife for arrearages owed to her pursuant to a decree of dissolution.
Appellant, Jessy D. Stokes, and appellee, Patricia J. Stokes, were formerly husband and wife. Their marriage was dissolved by a decree of dissolution from Maricopa County Superior Court in 1977. As part of that decree the court found:
6. That the respondent [appellee Patricia Stokes] has a community interest…
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