PAYNE v. PAYNE

No. 42602.

82 Wn.2d 573 (1973)

512 P.2d 736

FRANKIE M. PAYNE, Petitioner, v. WILLIAM D. PAYNE, Respondent.

The Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

July 26, 1973.


UTTER, J.

In this divorce action the sole issue on appeal is whether the trial court erred in awarding the wife a property interest in her retired husband's military pension. We believe the trial court acted correctly and reverse the Court of Appeals which concluded such an interest could not be distributed as property under a decree of divorce.1

[* *] Upon her complaint for divorce the trial court awarded plaintiff, Frankie M...

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