In Re the Marriage of Camarata

SILVERSTEIN, Judge.

Appellant, the wife in this dissolution of marriage proceeding, challenges the trial court’s order for the division of property and denial of maintenance. The dispute between the parties centers around the treatment of the husband’s Civil Service retirement benefits. We affirm.

The parties were married for nearly twenty-nine years and. the two children of the marriage are emancipated. During the course of the marriage, the appellant spent sixteen years as a homemaker. At the time of the hearing, appellant was employed under Civil Service and had been for the preceding nine…