IN RE MARRIAGE OF GILLMORE

Docket No. L.A. 31381.

29 Cal.3d 418 (1981)

629 P.2d 1

174 Cal. Rptr. 493

In re the Marriage of VERA and EARL GILLMORE. VERA GILLMORE, Appellant, v. EARL GILLMORE, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

June 8, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Michael Meaney and Meaney & Player for Appellant.

Christopher J. Schatz, Kimberly J. Grove and Sheela, Lightner & Castro for Respondent.


OPINION

BIRD, C.J.,

Did the trial court abuse its discretion in a dissolution action when it refused to order the immediate payment of a nonemployee spouse's interest in a retirement benefit, where the employee spouse was eligible to retire and receive the benefit but had chosen not to do so?

I.

Vera and Earl Gillmore separated in 1978 after a marriage of 14 years. The trial court issued an interlocutory decree dissolving...

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