Oxelgren v. Oxelgren

OPINION

FENDER, Chief Justice.

This is an appeal from a divorce decree dividing the property of the spouses. The appellant, Dennis Wayne Oxelgren, has limited the appeal to the issue of whether the trial court had jurisdiction to divide military retirement pay between the spouses.

We affirm.

The appellant and the appellee, Rebecca Oxelgren, were married on December 14, 1974 and divorced on November 18, 1983. The divorce decree awarded the appellee one-half of the appellant’s Air Force retirement benefits earned during the marriage, together with all increases thereon, if, as, and when received.…