California Court of Appeal

Early retirement benefit for work during marriage, that declined as it reached employee spouse's mandatory retirement age, is community property despite the fact that employee spouse qualified for the benefit after separation and size of the benefit is wholly determined by employee spouse.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/16/2001
• Published 11/16/2001

Judges

• CORRIGAN, J.

Court

• California Court of Appeal

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
•  Law Offices of Lawrence W. Thorpe, Lawrence W. Thorpe, Stefan A. Spielman, Trevor C. Thorpe;  Law Office of Barbara DiFranza, Barbara DiFranza, Salinas;  Garrett C. Dailey, Oakland, for Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• DeGoff and Sherman, Richard Sherman, Victoria J. DeGoff, Berkeley;  Law Office of Nordin F. Blacker, Nordin F. Blacker, Gregory Maple, San Francisco, for Respondent.