Kreimeyer v. Kreimeyer

OPINION

HOWARD, Judge.

There are two main issues in this case. One, whether the pension of a commissioned officer in the United States Public Health Service is subject to division by a state court upon dissolution of marriage and two, whether the trial court erred in awarding the wife a share of the pension which accrued when the husband was stationed in noncommunity property states.

The parties were divorced on March 7, 1979. The husband has served in the armed forces or has been a commissioned officer in the Public Health Service for 25 years. During 20 of those years the parties were married.…