Webster v. Webster

NATURE OF CASE

This case presents an appeal from the decree of dissolution dividing the parties’ marital property, including pension and retirement benefits. The issues presented are (1) whether the disparate timing of the parties’ retirement must be considered in the distribution and (2) whether a party who participated in a public employee retirement fund “in lieu of’ Social Security participation is entitled to an offset or other compensation for a spouse’s Social Security benefits.

BACKGROUND

Leonard L. Webster and Susan K. Webster were married on July 30, 1983. On September 25, 2003,…