Cearley v. Cearley

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• holding that employee spouse’s accrued but un-vested retirement benefits are a contingent property interest and a community asset
• holding that retirement benefits earned by spouse during marriage are contingent community property, even though not then subject to possession and enjoyment
• holding that unmatured retirement benefits earned during marriage “constitute a contingent interest in property and a community asset”
• holding that military retirement benefits were community property even though the benefits at the time of the divorce “had not matured and were not at that time subject to possession and enjoyment”
• holding the payments to be community property and divisible because they were a form of deferred compensation earned during each month of military service
• holding that non-vested contingent retirement benefits may be apportioned by the court

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).