RIVERA-SANTOS v. RIVERA-SANTOS

No. CA 2003-667.

862 So.2d 480 (2003)

Fredy RIVERA-SANTOS, v. Ada Elba Melendez RIVERA-SANTOS.

Court of Appeal of Louisiana, Third Circuit.

December 10, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tony C. Tillman, Leesville, LA, for Plaintiff/Appellant: Fredy Rivera-Santos.

Scott Westerchil, Leesville, LA, for Defendant/Appellee: Ada Elba Melendez Rivera-Santos.

Court composed of SYLVIA R. COOKS, JOHN D. SAUNDERS, and JIMMIE C. PETERS, Judges.


PETERS, J.

The issue before us concerns the determination of a divorced wife's interest in her former husband's retirement benefits, insofar as they are attributable to his employment during the existence of the community. The former husband, Fredy Rivera-Santos, appeals the trial court's determination that the benefits should be partitioned according to the formula set forth in Sims v. Sims, 358 So.2d 919 (La. 1978). For...

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