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IN RE MARRIAGE OF HOWELL

No. 87-1142.

434 N.W.2d 629 (1989)

In re the MARRIAGE OF Hildegard Maria HOWELL and Willis Lyle Howell. Upon the Petition of Hildegard Maria Howell, Appellant, and concerning Willis Lyle Howell, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

January 25, 1989.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Patricia A. Shoff and Diane M. Stahle of Davis, Hockenberg, Wine, Brown, Koehn, & Shors, Des Moines, for appellant.

David C. Shinkle of Rogers, Reavely & Shinkle, Des Moines, for appellee.

Considered by McGIVERIN, C.J., and LARSON, SCHULTZ, CARTER and ANDREASEN, JJ.

ANDREASEN, Justice.

In this appeal we must determine how a military pension should be treated in a dissolution proceeding. The primary issue is whether a military pension should be recognized as marital property. We hold that a military pension in Iowa is to be considered marital property and divided as such in a dissolution proceeding.

Hildegard and Willis Howell were married for fourteen and one-half years. Willis retired from the military after twenty-three...

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