CHAVEZ v. CHAVEZ

No. 17358-1-II.

909 P.2d 314 (1996)

80 Wash.App. 432

In re the Marriage of Daisy M. CHAVEZ, Respondent, v. Raymond G. CHAVEZ, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Washington, Division 2.

January 8, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ross Edwin Taylor, Tacoma, for Appellant.

Joel Arthur Feldman, Tillicum, for Respondent.


FLEISHER, Judge.

This case requires us to determine whether language in a dissolution decree giving each party "50% of Respondent's military retirement pension" entitles the wife to fifty percent of the husband's total pension benefits at retirement or is limited to those pension benefits accrued during the marriage. The trial court ruled that the husband's total pension should simply be divided in half. We hold that the decree limits the wife's share to one-half...

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