Lawrence v. Lawrence

This is an appeal of a final order of the circuit court defining and distributing to the Former Wife an aliquot portion of the Former Husband’s military retired pay without expressly excluding contingent, future post-dissolution increases. We find overbroad the language used by the lower court in its order because of its potential to allow the Former Wife to receive accretions of retired pay post dissolution and because it is contrary to the agreement of the parties. Accordingly, we reverse and remand.

The Final Judgment of Dissolution of the Lawrence marriage was issued in November 2003, with…