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Burts v. Burts

Alaska Supreme Court

Decided December 2, 2011No. S-13822PublishedCited by 17 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Leon Burts, a retired military service member, filed for divorce in 2009. The superior court valued Leon's post-retirement military health insurance benefit as a marital asset and allocated it to Leon. Leon appeals, arguing that the benefit is too speculative to be valued and that state courts are preempted from treating this type of federal benefit as a marital asset,. We affirm the superior court's characterization of this benefit as marital property, but conclude the court's valuation was erroneous. We remand for reconsideration of the value of this…

2Cases cited31 opinions

  1. Wyeth v. LevineSupreme Court of the United States · 2009
  2. Lynch v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1934
  3. McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
  4. Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
  5. Egelhoff v. Egelhoff Ex Rel. BreinerSupreme Court of the United States · 2001

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3Cited by17 opinions

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  2. Kessler v. KesslerAlaska Supreme Court · 2018
  3. Windel v. CarnahanAlaska Supreme Court · 2016
  4. Grove v. GroveAlaska Supreme Court · 2017
  5. Dunmore v. DunmoreAlaska Supreme Court · 2018

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