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CourtListener opinion 3686983

Date unknown · US

Extracted case name
pending
Extracted reporter citation
559 N.E.2d 1292
Docket / number
pending
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft headnote

Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 3686983 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

Draft retrieval summary: this opinion has QDRO relevance score 5/5, retirement-division score 5/5, and family-law score 5/5. Use the quoted text and full opinion below before relying on the case.

Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues

Evidence quotes

QDRO

in Hoyt v. Hoyt (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 177 , 559 N.E.2d 1292 , which would result in her receiving $89,695.70 of Robert's retirement benefits. We conclude that Hoyt, supra, is distinguishable from this case because it involved a contested divorce decree and a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), whereas this case does not involve a QDRO and involves a decree of dissolution incorporating a separation agreement entered into by the parties. We conclude that the determinative issue in this case is the interpretation of the phrase \accrued through 6/30/88\" in the separation agreement

retirement benefits

OPINION {¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Sharron M. Pohl appeals from an order dismissing her motion for contempt against defendant-appellee Robert J. Pohl and ordering Robert to pay Sharron $12,681.67, her share of his retirement benefits, pursuant to their separation agreement. Sharron contends that the trial court abused its discretion in its calculation of her share of Robert's retirement benefits, because it failed to use the coverture fraction analysis articulated in Hoyt v. Hoyt (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 177 , 559 N.E.2d 1292 , which would result in her receiving $89,695.70 of Robert's re

domestic relations order

. Hoyt (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 177 , 559 N.E.2d 1292 , which would result in her receiving $89,695.70 of Robert's retirement benefits. We conclude that Hoyt, supra, is distinguishable from this case because it involved a contested divorce decree and a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), whereas this case does not involve a QDRO and involves a decree of dissolution incorporating a separation agreement entered into by the parties. We conclude that the determinative issue in this case is the interpretation of the phrase \accrued through 6/30/88\" in the separation agreement

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: 559 N.E.2d 1292
Generated at
May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

OPINION 
 {¶ 1} Plaintiff-appellant Sharron M. Pohl appeals from an order dismissing her motion for contempt against defendant-appellee Robert J. Pohl and ordering Robert to pay Sharron $12,681.67, her share of his retirement benefits, pursuant to their separation agreement. Sharron contends that the trial court abused its discretion in its calculation of her share of Robert's retirement benefits, because it failed to use the coverture fraction analysis articulated in Hoyt v. Hoyt (1990), 53 Ohio St.3d 177 , 559 N.E.2d 1292 , which would result in her receiving $89,695.70 of Robert's retirement benefits. We conclude that Hoyt, supra, is distinguishable from this case because it involved a contested divorce decree and a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (QDRO), whereas this case does not involve a QDRO and involves a decree of dissolution incorporating a separation agreement entered into by the parties. We conclude that the determinative issue in this case is the interpretation of the phrase \accrued through 6/30/88\" in the separation agreement