Court Opinion

ID: 9628053
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-22 09:06:09.837341+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T09:06:37.354543
License: Public Domain

CONTRERAS, Presiding Judge,
specially concurring:
By reason of the United states Supreme Court’s recent McCarty decision in which the majority unequivocally held that there are no community property rights in military retirement benefits, I agree that the order under consideration must be reversed. Unfortunately, McCarty does not provide guidelines which the trial bench can apply to the numerous legal issues which will be presented as an aftermath of the McCarty decision. We cannot, through this opinion, render an all-encompassing ruling; the resolution of these unsettled questions will of necessity have to proceed on a case-by-case basis before the trial and appellate courts of this, state. Hopefully, for the benefit of those directly affected by McCarty, judicial resolution will proceed expeditiously.