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IN RE MARRIAGE OF BARNES

Docket No. S.F. 25124.

43 Cal.3d 1371 (1987)

743 P.2d 915

240 Cal. Rptr. 855

In re the Marriage of MARIE GARCIA and MICHAEL J. BARNES. MARIE GARCIA BARNES, Appellant, v. MICHAEL J. BARNES, Respondent.

Supreme Court of California.

October 29, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

COUNSEL

Richards, Watson & Gershon, Mitchell E. Abbott and Donald Stern for Appellant.

William M. Monroe and Phyllis Green for Respondent.

OPINION

PANELLI, J.

This case involves Civil Code section 5124, which authorized courts to reopen marital dissolution judgments entered between June 26, 1981, and January 31, 1983, to divide military retirement benefits pursuant to community property laws.1 In the present case, the Court of Appeal affirmed the trial court's ruling that section 5124 was unconstitutional...

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