Kruger v. Kruger

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Schreiber, J.

This appeal projects the issue of whether federal military retirement pay and disability benefits, all conditions precedent to their receipt having been satisfied, are “property” “legally and beneficially acquired” during marriage and, accordingly, subject to equitable distribution upon divorce. N. J. S. A. 2A:34—23. This question arose in proceedings instituted by Barbara W. Kruger in March 1973 for a divorce on grounds of extreme cruelty. Her husband, Richard O. Kruger, had counterclaimed for a divorce on grounds of desertion and extreme…