Diffenderfer v. Diffenderfer

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• noting that injustice will result if a trial court is permitted to consider the same asset twice, such as for both property distribution and support obligations
• rejecting contention that pension cannot be marital asset when there are contingencies and problems in valuation
• referring to the potential unfairness that can result should the husband predecease the wife
• noting another approach that reserves jurisdiction to order a percentage pay-out upon maturity
• including pension as income where retired husband received monthly pension payout
• vested and matured pensions and retirement benefits, which essentially represent the fruits of deferred income during marriage, are marital property

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).