Legal Opinion
Breslin v. Synnott
Supreme Court of Vermont
Decided July 19, 2012No. 2011-336PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtReiber, C.J.
¶ 1. Wife appeals from a superior court, family-division order requiring her to sign a waiver to correct a previously filed Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), which erroneously gave her survivorship benefits in her former husband’s pension. We affirm.
¶ 2. The underlying facts are not in dispute. Wife and husband were married in 1976, legally separated in 2001, and divorced in 2003. The divorce order, fully incorporating the terms of the separation agreement, awarded wife “one half of the pension, as of the date of separation and the [husband] is awarded the remainder.” A QDRO signed…
2Cases cited13 opinions
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- In Re Town Highway No. 20Supreme Court of Vermont · 2012
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