MATTER OF MARRIAGE OF SMITH

Nos. 48132-6, 48323-0, 48622-1.

98 Wn.2d 772 (1983)

657 P.2d 1383

In the Matter of the Marriage of MARY E. SMITH, Respondent, and WILLIAM A. SMITH, JR., Appellant. In the Matter of the Marriage of RUBY MAE WEHMEYER, Respondent, and DANIEL CARL WEHMEYER II, Appellant. In the Matter of the Marriage of JEANNETTE MARGARET WILDER, Respondent, and LARRY EUGENE WILDER, Appellant.

The Supreme Court of Washington, Department Two.

February 10, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Cordes, Cordes & Younglove and Clifford F. Cordes III, for appellant Smith.

James F. Leggett, for appellant Wehmeyer.

Jacob Cohen, for appellant Wilder.

Swanson, Lindskog, Lundgaard, Aitken & Swanson, by Ralph G. Swanson, for respondent Smith.

Davies, Pearson & Anderson, P.S., by Patricia C. Fetterly, for respondent Wehmeyer.

Michael M. Waller and Zylstra, Beeksma & Waller, for respondent Wilder.


PER CURIAM:

Each of these three cases involves a dissolution decree that treated the husband's rights to receive military retired pay as a community asset and, on that basis, distributed part of those rights to the wife. Each decree became final prior to McCarty v. McCarty, 453 U.S. 210, 69 L.Ed.2d 589, 101 S.Ct. 2728 (1981). In that case, the United States Supreme Court held that federal...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases