Court Opinion

ID: 9663481
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-23 23:40:07.168151+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:14:50.676772
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LEVINE, Justice,
concurring specially.
On appeal Martha claims error in her award of only $400.00 a month in Air Force retirement pay, in the failure of the court to award her any of Thomas’ civil service pension and in her award of the Bar instead of the financially more secure pension benefits. It is obvious that were we to agree with Martha on the merits, it would be necessary to remand to the trial court for an equitable redistribution of not only the property erroneously distributed, but also the other property over which Martha has already exercised ownership. Thus, the provisions of the judgment are clearly subject to reversal on appeal and Martha’s acceptance of the benefits given by those provisions unfortunately constitutes a waiver of the appeal. Boyle v. Boyle, 19 N.D. 522, 126 N.W. 229, 230 (1910).
I therefore concur in what is a harsh but unavoidable result.
VANDE WALLE, J., concurs.