Hill v. Hill

In this case the principal issue we are asked to decide is whether military retirement pay is "marital property” subject to equitable distribution under subtitle 6A of title 3 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article of the Annotated Code of Maryland (Cum. Supp. 1980). 1

Mae H. Hill, appellant and cross-appellee, was granted an absolute divorce from Theodore R. Hill, Jr., appellee and cross-appellant, in the Circuit Court for Anne Arundel County. In addition she was awarded alimony, counsel fees, and a monetary award pursuant to subtitle 3-6A-05 (b). The husband who served twenty-seven…