GOETZMAN v. GOETZMAN

No. 2001 CA 2620.

835 So.2d 731 (2002)

Carolyn Asbury GOETZMAN v. Wallace Roland GOETZMAN, Sr.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, First Circuit.

November 8, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan S. Fishbein, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Plaintiff/Appellee Carolyn Asbury Goetzman.

Amy E. Counce, Baton Rouge, Counsel for Defendant/Appellant Wallace Roland Goetzman, Sr.

Before: KUHN, DOWNING and GAIDRY, JJ.


DOWNING, J.

The sole issue in this appeal concerns whether the community property pension benefits apportionment formula under Sims v. Sims1 (the Sims formula) should apply to pension benefits that increased substantially in value through increased union contributions to the pension plan made after the community terminated. The trial court ruled that the Sims formula was the appropriate framework for determining the...

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