MARSHALL, Chief Justice.
We granted Mr. Dees' discretionary appeal of the final decree in his divorce action, which held that his unpaid California workers' compensation lump-sum settlement for an injury sustained during the marriage is a marital asset subject to equitable distribution, and which awarded Mrs. Dees, inter alia, 20% of the settlement. We vacate and remand.
The parties were married in 1978. Mr. Dees worked as an engineer in the oil industry until...
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