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CASAS v. THOMPSON

Docket No. L.A. 32131.

42 Cal.3d 131 (1986)

720 P.2d 921

228 Cal. Rptr. 33

VIRGINIA CASAS, Plaintiff and Appellant, v. MAX E. THOMPSON, Defendant and Appellant.

Supreme Court of California.

July 21, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

E. Stephen Temko for Plaintiff and Appellant.

Daniel B. Hunter, Thomas J. Ryan, Hunter & Ryan, James D. Allen and McDonald & Allen for Defendant and Appellant.

OPINION

LUCAS, J.

This case presents two issues for review: (1) following enactment of the Federal Uniform Services Former Spouses' Protection Act1 (FUSFSPA), does a California court have the power to award a former spouse an interest in a military retiree's pension which was omitted from an earlier dissolution decree; and (2) if the court can make such an award, should the division of the pension be based...

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