DECENSO v. LUCAS

No. 90-1764.

578 So.2d 470 (1991)

Michael L. DECENSO, Husband, Appellant, v. Janet V. LUCAS, f/k/a Janet V. Decenso, Wife, Appellee.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.

April 23, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas L. Neilson, Panama City, for appellant.

Jerome M. Novey and Kristin Adamson of Novey & Mendelson, Tallahassee, for appellee.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant, the husband, challenges a final judgment of dissolution. We affirm in part and reverse in part.

The trial court awarded to the wife, as permanent alimony, an interest in the husband's military retirement equal to sixteen percent of the husband's gross retirement pay. Federal law provides that "disposable" retired pay may be considered to be the property of the member of the retirement system and his spouse. Disposable pay is the total...

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