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CourtListener opinion 10564958

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QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Category: pension / defined benefit issues

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IONS DIVISION Case No. DR98040692 The Lampe Law Office, LLC, and Stephen Otte, for appellant. Eric D. Bender, for appellee. HENDRICKSON, J. {¶ 1} Kevin Shaw, appellant, appeals the decision of the Butler County Domestic Relations Court setting aside a Qualified Domestic Relations Order that had been in place for over 20 years. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the lower court. I. Facts and Procedural Background {¶ 2} Charles Shaw, plaintiff-appellee, and Sharon Shaw were married on August Butler CA2023-08-091 25, 1973. They had two children together: a son, Kevin, and a daughter. Charles and Sharon divorced i

pension

5, 1973. They had two children together: a son, Kevin, and a daughter. Charles and Sharon divorced in 1999. {¶ 3} They reached an agreement regarding the division of their property, which the trial court adopted.1 Regarding Charles's federal civil service pension, the decree provided the following: [Sharon] shall receive one half of [Charles]'s pension with the U.S. Postal Service. A separate qualified domestic relations order shall issue to effectuate this division, and the court reserves jurisdiction to correct any defect in wording. To implement this provision, in October 2000, the parties executed and fil

domestic relations order

ION Case No. DR98040692 The Lampe Law Office, LLC, and Stephen Otte, for appellant. Eric D. Bender, for appellee. HENDRICKSON, J. {¶ 1} Kevin Shaw, appellant, appeals the decision of the Butler County Domestic Relations Court setting aside a Qualified Domestic Relations Order that had been in place for over 20 years. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the lower court. I. Facts and Procedural Background {¶ 2} Charles Shaw, plaintiff-appellee, and Sharon Shaw were married on August Butler CA2023-08-091 25, 1973. They had two children together: a son, Kevin, and a daughter. Charles and Sharon divorced i

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Clean opinion text

[Cite as Shaw v. Shaw, 2024-Ohio-3231.]

 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS

 TWELFTH APPELLATE DISTRICT OF OHIO

 BUTLER COUNTY

 KEVIN L. SHAW, :

 Appellant, : CASE NO. CA2023-08-091

 : OPINION
 - vs - 8/26/2024
 :

 CHARLES W. SHAW, :

 Appellee. :

 CIVIL APPEAL FROM BUTLER COUNTY COURT OF COMMON PLEAS
 DOMESTIC RELATIONS DIVISION
 Case No. DR98040692

The Lampe Law Office, LLC, and Stephen Otte, for appellant.

Eric D. Bender, for appellee.

 HENDRICKSON, J.

 {¶ 1} Kevin Shaw, appellant, appeals the decision of the Butler County Domestic

Relations Court setting aside a Qualified Domestic Relations Order that had been in place

for over 20 years. For the reasons that follow, we reverse the decision of the lower court.

 I. Facts and Procedural Background

 {¶ 2} Charles Shaw, plaintiff-appellee, and Sharon Shaw were married on August
 Butler CA2023-08-091

25, 1973. They had two children together: a son, Kevin, and a daughter. Charles and

Sharon divorced in 1999.

 {¶ 3} They reached an agreement regarding the division of their property, which

the trial court adopted.1 Regarding Charles's federal civil service pension, the decree

provided the following:

 [Sharon] shall receive one half of [Charles]'s pension with the
 U.S. Postal Service. A separate qualified domestic relations
 order shall issue to effectuate this division, and the court
 reserves jurisdiction to correct any defect in wording.

To implement this provision, in October 2000, the parties executed and filed a Qualified

Domestic Relations Order (\QDRO\").