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CourtListener opinion 1350622

Date unknown · US

Extracted case name
pending
Extracted reporter citation
757 P.2d 60
Docket / number
pending
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 1350622 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.

Retrieval annotation

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Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues

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QDRO

ty of Fairbanks Fire Department. One of his employment benefits includes enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). The trial court treated the retirement fund as a marital asset, divided it in half as of the date of divorce and entered a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) to pay one-half of the retirement benefits to Diana when Jim either resigns, is terminated or becomes deceased. Jim appeals the division of his retirement account by the use of a QDRO. Dianne cross-appeals the trial court's valuation of the Rice fox fur farm. We affirm. DISCUSSION We first observe that \accrued benefits\" of the PERS enjoy cons

retirement benefits

ncludes enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). The trial court treated the retirement fund as a marital asset, divided it in half as of the date of divorce and entered a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) to pay one-half of the retirement benefits to Diana when Jim either resigns, is terminated or becomes deceased. Jim appeals the division of his retirement account by the use of a QDRO. Dianne cross-appeals the trial court's valuation of the Rice fox fur farm. We affirm. DISCUSSION We first observe that \accrued benefits\" of the PERS enjoy constitutional protection. Article XII

domestic relations order

banks Fire Department. One of his employment benefits includes enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). The trial court treated the retirement fund as a marital asset, divided it in half as of the date of divorce and entered a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) to pay one-half of the retirement benefits to Diana when Jim either resigns, is terminated or becomes deceased. Jim appeals the division of his retirement account by the use of a QDRO. Dianne cross-appeals the trial court's valuation of the Rice fox fur farm. We affirm. DISCUSSION We first observe that \accrued benefits\" of the PERS enjoy cons

Source and provenance

Source type
courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
Permissions posture
public
Generated status
machine draft public v0
Review status
gold label pending
Jurisdiction metadata
US
Deterministic extraction
reporter: 757 P.2d 60
Generated at
May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

757 P.2d 60 (1988) 
 Jim D. RICE, Appellant, Cross-Appellee, 
v. 
Diana Lee RICE, Appellee, Cross-Appellant. 
 Nos. S-2249, S-2275. 
 Supreme Court of Alaska. 
 July 1, 1988. 
 Gary W. Vancil, Fairbanks, for appellant, cross-appellee. 
 Dennis E. Cook, Staley, DeLisio, Cook & Sherry, Inc., Fairbanks, for appellee, cross-appellant. 
 Before MATTHEWS, C.J., and RABINOWITZ, BURKE, COMPTON and MOORE, JJ. 
 
 OPINION 
 COMPTON, Justice. 
 This appeal is from a divorce decree. Jim D. Rice and Diana Lee Rice were married in 1976. Prior to and throughout the marriage, Jim was employed by the City of Fairbanks Fire Department. One of his employment benefits includes enrollment in the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS). 
 The trial court treated the retirement fund as a marital asset, divided it in half as of the date of divorce and entered a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO) to pay one-half of the retirement benefits to Diana when Jim either resigns, is terminated or becomes deceased. Jim appeals the division of his retirement account by the use of a QDRO. Dianne cross-appeals the trial court's valuation of the Rice fox fur farm. We affirm. 
 
 DISCUSSION 
 We first observe that \accrued benefits\" of the PERS enjoy constitutional protection. Article XII