Legal Opinion
Casas v. Thompson
California Supreme Court
Decided July 21, 1986No. L.A. 32131PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
LUCAS, J.
This case presents two issues for review: (1) following enactment of the Federal Uniform Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (FUSFSPA), does a California court have the power to award a former spouse an interest in a military retiree’s pension which was omitted from an earlier dissolution decree; and (2) if the court can make such an award, should the division of the pension be based on its “disposable” (as defined in FUSFSPA) 2 amount or its “gross” amount? We conclude that the court has the power to award a former spouse an interest in the “gross” amount of a military…
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