Egan v. Egan

|2McKAY, Judge.

This appeal arises out of a lower court’s ruling that federal workers’ compensation benefits paid after divorce and dissolution of the community are community property. We reverse.

FACTS AND PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Appellant, Raymond R. Egan, worked as a drug enforcement agent with the United States Drug Enforcement Agency throughout his marriage to Jeanette Huck Egan. In August of 1982, Mr. Egan suffered a disabl*1144ing injury while in the course and scope of his employment. Mr. Egan filed an accident report and made a claim for worker’s compensation benefits through the Department of…