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BURTS v. BURTS

No. S-13822.

266 P.3d 337 (2011)

Leon BURTS, Appellant, v. Ann BURTS, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Alaska.

December 2, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Roy V. Williams , Eagle River, for Appellant.

Timothy P. Peters , Law Office of Timothy P. Peters, LLC, Anchorage, for Appellee.

Before: CARPENETI, Chief Justice, FABE, WINFREE, CHRISTEN, and STOWERS, Justices.

OPINION

CHRISTEN, Justice.

I. INTRODUCTION

Leon Burts, a retired military service member, filed for divorce in 2009. The superior court valued Leon's post-retirement military health insurance benefit as a marital asset and allocated it to Leon. Leon appeals, arguing that the benefit is too speculative to be valued and that state courts are preempted from treating this type of federal benefit as a marital asset. We affirm the superior court...

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