Cline v. Cline

OPINION

CARPENETI, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Federal law provides that a state court has the power to divide a military pension in a divorce case, but caps the amount that can be distributed to the non-military spouse at fifty percent. Because the superior court awarded sixty-two percent of the military spouse’s pension to the non-military spouse, and because the court did not adjust the award when the military spouse received disability benefits in place of retirement benefits, we reverse the superior court’s decision

II. FACTS AND PROCEEDINGS

Neil Cline and Debra Lopez (formerly Debra Cline) were…