Kenny v. Kenny

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether the trial court had subject matter jurisdiction to open a marital dissolution judgment for the purpose of allocating military retirement benefits pursuant to the federal Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act1 after the statutory time period allow*220ing the opening of judgments had expired. The trial court dismissed the defendant’s motion to open and modify that portion of the dissolution decree concerning the assignment of property. The defendant appealed from the judgment of the trial court to the Appellate Court, and we transferred…