In Re Marriage of Zahm

978 P.2d 498 (1999)

138 Wash.2d 213

In re the MARRIAGE OF L. Dianne ZAHM, Respondent, and

Kermit A. Zahm, Petitioner.

No. 66895-7.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

Argued February 24, 1999.

Decided June 17, 1999.

William S. Lowry, Walla Walla, Christopher Constantine, Tacoma, for Petitioner.

Albert Golden, Walla Walla, for Respondent.

JOHNSON, J.

This case primarily involves the judicial characterization of social security payments when dividing property in a marital dissolution action. We must decide whether the trial court properly characterized petitioner's social security benefits, an Idaho…