MATTSON v. MATTSON

A16-1535.

903 N.W.2d 233 (2017)

In re the Marriage of: Diana Lynn Berberich f/k/a Diane Lynn MATTSON, petitioner, Respondent, v. Mark Steven MATTSON, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of Minnesota.

Filed October 2, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jennifer R. Wellner , Wellner & Isaacson, PLLP, Circle Pines, Minnesota (for respondent).

Francis Herbert White III , Francis White Law, P.L.L.C., Woodbury, Minnesota (for appellant).

Margaret Erickson , Southern Minnesota Regional Legal Services, Worthington, Minnesota; and Michael D. Dittberner , Linder, Dittberner & Bryant, Ltd., Edina, Minnesota; and Mary Catherine Lauhead , Law Offices of Mary Catherine Lauhead, St. Paul, Minnesota; and Johanna Clyborne , Brekke, Clyborne & Ribich, L.L.C., Shakopee, Minnesota (for amicus curiae Family Law and Military and Veterans Affairs Sections of the Minnesota State Bar Association).

Anne M. Honsa , Honsa & Associates, P.A., Minneapolis, Minnesota; and David L. Olson , Edina, Minnesota (for amicus curiae The Minnesota Chapter of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers).

Benjamin Lee Krause , Krause Law, PLLC, Woodbury, Minnesota; and Carson J. Tucker (pro hac vice), Law Offices of Carson J. Tucker, Ann Arbor, Michigan (for amicus curiae Operation Firing for Effect and Forgotten Warriors Project, Inc.).

Considered and decided by Jesson, Presiding Judge; Rodenberg, Judge; and Bratvold, Judge.


OPINION

Mark Mattson asserts that federal law renders unenforceable the district court's judgment directing him to pay Diana Berberich 40% of his military disability compensation. In light of the recent United States Supreme Court decision, Howell v. Howell, ___ U.S. ___, 137 S.Ct. 1400<...

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