IN RE MARRIAGE OF BROWN

Docket No. L.A. 30463.

15 Cal.3d 838 (1976)

544 P.2d 561

126 Cal. Rptr. 633

In re the Marriage of GLORIA LOUCILLE and ROBERT WILLIAM BROWN. GLORIA LOUCILLE BROWN, Appellant, v. ROBERT WILLIAM BROWN, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California. In Bank.

January 16, 1976.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Sidney W. Jones for Appellant.

Gertrude D. Chern as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Appellant.

Robert G. Beloud and Jay G. Vickers for Respondent.

Frederick S. Brown as Amicus Curiae on behalf of Respondent.


OPINION

TOBRINER, J.

Since French v. French (1941) 17 Cal.2d 775, 778 [112 P.2d 235, 134 A.L.R. 366], California courts have held that nonvested pension rights are not property, but a mere expectancy, and thus not a community asset subject to division upon dissolution of a marriage. Two years ago we granted a hearing in In re Marriage of Wilson (1974) 10 Cal.3d 851 [

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