Case Name: Charles E. JAMES, Petitioner, v. Laraine L. JAMES, Respondent
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1996-04-11
Citations: 543 Pa. 624
Docket Number: Petition No. 255 Middle District Allocatur Docket 1995
Parties: Charles E. JAMES, Petitioner, v. Laraine L. JAMES, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 543
Pages: 624–625

Head Matter:
673 A.2d 921
Charles E. JAMES, Petitioner, v. Laraine L. JAMES, Respondent.
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.
April 11, 1996.
William A. Hebe, Wellsboro, for Petitioner.

Opinion:
ORDER
PER CURIAM.
AND NOW, this 11th day of April, 1996, the Petition for Allowance of Appeal is granted. The case shall be submitted on briefs. Argument is restricted to the following question:
1. Where a spouse has a pension which is partially marital property and partially separate property, and where the pension right is vested under a contract which involves the purchase, during the marriage, of time-of-service in exchange for an ongoing reduction of pension payments, should the purchased time-of-service be treated as—
a. purchased with marital property;
b. purchased with separate property except for the amount of payment reductions incurred during the marriage; or
c. irrelevant with respect to determining the fraction of the pension which is marital property and the fraction which is treated as separate property?