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Major v. Major

Citations

  • 518 A.2d 1267
  • 359 Pa. Super. 344
  • 1986 Pa. Super. LEXIS 13118

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  • concluding that the failure to disclose an asset, i.e., a military pension, did not amount to extrinsic fraud
  • concluding that the failure to disclose an asset, i.e., a military pension, did not amount to extrinsic fraud
  • opening of divorce decree was not proper remedy where requirements of 23 P.S. § 602 had not been satisfied
  • “in tent” of Act “was to grant relief to those parties who mistakenly treated military pensions as separate property due to the McCarty decision”
  • military pension benefits are marital property to extent they are acquired during marriage
  • “Although the record clearly demonstrates that appellant did not disclose to the lower court his military pension asset, we cannot say this failure to disclose amounted to extrinsic fraud.”

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Judges: McEwen, Olszewski, Kelly

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