Legal Opinion
In Re Marriage of Smith
California Court of Appeal
Decided March 23, 2007No. H029176PublishedCited by 14 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
PREMO, J.
In this family law matter Keith A. Smith (Keith) appeals from a postjudgment order dividing his military retirement benefits. He argues that the trial court erred by requiring him to pay his former wife Kum C. Smith (K.C.) 1 a percentage of any veterans’ disability payments he may receive during his retirement and by requiring that he participate in the military’s Survivor Benefit Plan (10 U.S.C. §§ 1447-1455) (SBP) and name K.C. as his sole beneficiary. Finding no error, we shall affirm.
I. Facts
Keith and K.C. were married in 1987. The marital status was dissolved on June 23,…
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