Richards v. Richards

OPINION

HATHAWAY, Judge.

The parties’ marriage of 28 years was dissolved on July 21, 1975. On April 26, 1982, after hearing the parties’ cross-petitions asserting changed circumstances, the court modified the dissolution decree to terminate the $450 monthly spousal mainte*226nance to Lois and deleted paragraph 8 from the decree which prohibited Charles from terminating Lois’ rights under the military survivor benefit plan whereby the federal government would pay to the beneficiary of the deceased military pensioner 55% of the pension after the death of the pensioner. Charles was 60 years old at the…