In Re the Marriage of Nickels

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• holding that “while a trial court may set aside to one party the value of a marital asset where the other party made no contribution to its acquisition, it is not required to do so”
• noting that pension benefits are marital property if the benefits are not forfeited at the termination of employment, or the benefits are vested and payable before or after the dissolution
• “Thus, in order for pension benefits to be included as marital property, the benefits must not be forfeited at the termination of employment or the benefits must be vested and payable either before or after the dissolution.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).