Court Opinion

ID: 9689293
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-24 18:27:05.294974+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T18:18:46.735719
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*790Beasley, J.
(concurring in result only). I concur in Judge Bronson’s result, but not necessarily in all he says. For example, he states:
"In this case, the court could defer distribution of any pension benefits until plaintiff begins to receive them. Such payments would resemble alimony, but would be considered the delayed distribution of marital assets. Whether such a method of distribution should be used in this case, or any case, rests within the trial court’s discretion.”
I am not yet prepared to rule out the possibility of solving the pension benefit problem in divorce cases within the framework of alimony provisions. Payments need not only "resemble” alimony, but perhaps in some cases such possible future retirement payments should be alimony. I would not limit the trial judge in how he goes about awarding defendant wife a more equitable share.