Legal Opinion
Brown v. Harms
Supreme Court of Virginia
Decided March 1, 1996No. Record 951260PublishedCited by 25 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Hassell
In this appeal, we decide whether the plaintiffs alleged cause of action for breach of contract is barred by the applicable statute of limitations.
Jill M. Brown, formerly Jill Harms, filed this action against her former husband, Thomas Eugene Harms. The plaintiff alleged the following facts in her motion for judgment.
The plaintiff and defendant, residents of Fairfax County, were married in England in 1967 and obtained a divorce from a German court in 1984. The German court’s divorce decree contained the following provisions:
Pension Equalization:
The parties have agreed that a pension…
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