Opinion ID: 2601692
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Heading: In re Marriage of Barnett

Text: Teri Barnett filed a petition for dissolution from her husband Aaron Barnett on October 28, 2002, before the new rule went into effect. The court dissolved their marriage on March 14, 2003, and divided one of Aaron Barnett's pension benefits so that he would retain the pension and Teri Barnett would receive a fixed sum of money. In his financial disclosures submitted before the dissolution, Aaron Barnett did not disclose a second pension benefit, and Teri Barnett later discovered this omission. Teri Barnett filed a post-decree motion on June 15, 2005, to reopen the property division. She filed the post-decree motion six months after the new rule went into effect and twenty-seven months after the decree of dissolution was entered. The trial court determined that it had jurisdiction to reopen the property division and divided the second pension equally between the parties.