Bryant v. Sullivan

OPINION

JACOBSON, Chief Judge.

The sole issue presented by this appeal is whether, under California law 1, an ex-wife of a serviceman had a community property interest in 1970 in her ex-husband’s military retirement pension.

The facts are not in material dispute. Appellant, Virginia A. Bryant, (hereinafter Bryant) and appellee, William F. Sullivan, (hereinafter Sullivan) were married in June, 1946. At all times during the marriage, Sullivan was a member of the U.S. Air Force. On January 19, 1970 that marriage was dissolved by a final Judgment of Dissolution entered in the Superior Court, County…