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CourtListener opinion 2765506

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QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 2765506 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.

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Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues

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QDRO

LISHED OPINION Respondent MELNICK, J. — Anthony Budziusl appeals from the trial court' s denial of his complaint to vacate an amendment to his dissolution decree with Leslie Miller. Budzius argues that the amended decree was invalid because it was not a qualified domestic relations order ( QDRO), and Budzius' s former attorney lacked authority to agree to the amended decree. We disagree and affirm the trial court. FACTS Budzius was married to Miller for approximately 10 years. During that time, Budzius worked as a police officer in Fife. He had a Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System ( LEOFF) Plan 22 retirem

retirement benefits

disagree and affirm the trial court. FACTS Budzius was married to Miller for approximately 10 years. During that time, Budzius worked as a police officer in Fife. He had a Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System ( LEOFF) Plan 22 retirement plan with the state. Budzius and Miller divorced in November of 1992. The decree of dissolution, as originally drafted, provided that the value of the community interest in Budzius' s retirement account was 27,210, and \ a Qualified Domestic Relations Order should issue

domestic relations order

NION Respondent MELNICK, J. — Anthony Budziusl appeals from the trial court' s denial of his complaint to vacate an amendment to his dissolution decree with Leslie Miller. Budzius argues that the amended decree was invalid because it was not a qualified domestic relations order ( QDRO), and Budzius' s former attorney lacked authority to agree to the amended decree. We disagree and affirm the trial court. FACTS Budzius was married to Miller for approximately 10 years. During that time, Budzius worked as a police officer in Fife. He had a Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters' Retirement System ( LEOFF) Plan 22 retirem

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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

FILED
 COURT OF APPEALS
 DIVISION If
 IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
 20140E0 30 API 9: 48
 DIVISION II
 STATE OF WASHINGTON,
ANTHONY J. BUDZIUS and MONICA 45275-
BUDZIUS, husband and wife,

 Appellants,

 v.

LESLIE D. MILLER fka BUDZIUS, UNPUBLISHED OPINION

 Respondent

 MELNICK, J. — Anthony Budziusl appeals from the trial court' s denial of his complaint to

vacate an amendment to his dissolution decree with Leslie Miller. Budzius argues that the

amended decree was invalid because it was not a qualified domestic relations order ( QDRO), and

Budzius' s former attorney lacked authority to agree to the amended decree. We disagree and

affirm the trial court.

 FACTS

 Budzius was married to Miller for approximately 10 years. During that time, Budzius

worked as a police officer in Fife. He had a Law Enforcement Officers' and Fire Fighters'

Retirement System ( LEOFF) Plan 22 retirement plan with the state.

 Budzius and Miller divorced in November of 1992. The decree of dissolution, as originally

drafted, provided that the value of the community interest in Budzius' s retirement account was
 27,210, and \ a Qualified Domestic Relations Order should issue