WILLIAMS v. WILLIAMS

No. 82-1257.

472 A.2d 896 (1984)

J. Edgar WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. Loreta W. WILLIAMS, Appellee.

District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Decided February 23, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Donald W. Hamaker, Washington, D.C., for appellant.

Robert J. Brooks, Washington, D.C., for appellee.

Edith U. Fierst, Washington, D.C., filed brief, for Ass'n of American Foreign Service Women, et al. as amicus curiae.

Stanley S. Harris, U.S. Atty., at time brief was filed, J. Paul McGrath, Asst. Atty. Gen., William Kanter and Freddi Lipstein, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., filed brief, for U.S. as amicus curiae.

Before NEBEKER and TERRY, Associate Judges, and PAIR, Associate Judge, Retired.


NEBEKER, Associate Judge:

Appellant, a retired member of the United States Foreign Service, contests the award of a portion of his retirement benefits to appellee, his ex-wife. The trial court granted appellant a judgment of absolute divorce and merged into the decree a previously executed "separation and property settlement agreement," but concluded that appellee's "release of all claims" therein did not apply to her newly...

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