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CourtListener opinion 3744325
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Machine-draft headnote
Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 3744325 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to pension / defined benefit 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: pension / defined benefit issues
Evidence quotes
QDRO“in the event of death. The trial court followed up with an Order on March 23, 1999, which addressed the payment of the pension benefits upon either party's retirement and allowed for future orders should the law change making the pension benefits subject to a QDRO or an equivalent order. After the parties divorced but before Appellee retired, legislation went into effect allowing a Division of Property Order (\DOPO\") for public pension plans.”
pension“, Appellee filed for a divorce from Appellant. The parties negotiated a divorce settlement, which the trial court incorporated into the Decree of Divorce. {¶ 3} At the time of the divorce, both Appellant and Appellee were participating in State of Ohio pension plans. The February 26, 1999 Decree of Divorce contained specific agreed upon provisions which divided their individual pensions in half by coverture fracture and designated the ex-spouse as the surviving spouse in the event of death. The trial court followed up with an Order on March 23, 1999, which addressed the payment of the pension benefits upon either”
survivor benefits“pellant and Appellee were participating in State of Ohio pension plans. The February 26, 1999 Decree of Divorce contained specific agreed upon provisions which divided their individual pensions in half by coverture fracture and designated the ex-spouse as the surviving spouse in the event of death. The trial court followed up with an Order on March 23, 1999, which addressed the payment of the pension benefits upon either party's retirement and allowed for future orders should the law change making the pension benefits subject to a QDRO or an equivalent order. After the parties divorced but before Appellee retired, legislation we”
Source and provenance
- Source type
- courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
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- public
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- gold label pending
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- US
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- pending
- Generated at
- May 14, 2026
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Clean opinion text
DECISION AND JOURNAL ENTRY
This cause was heard upon the record in the trial court. Each error assigned has been reviewed and the following disposition is made:
{¶ 1} Appellant, Mary Romans, appeals from the judgment of the Summit County Court of Common Pleas, Domestic Relations Division, which denied Appellant's motion for contempt against Appellee, Clifford Romans, and imposed a constructive trust upon Maryann Romans. This Court affirms.
I. {¶ 2} After 22 years of marriage, Appellee filed for a divorce from Appellant. The parties negotiated a divorce settlement, which the trial court incorporated into the Decree of Divorce.
{¶ 3} At the time of the divorce, both Appellant and Appellee were participating in State of Ohio pension plans. The February 26, 1999 Decree of Divorce contained specific agreed upon provisions which divided their individual pensions in half by coverture fracture and designated the ex-spouse as the surviving spouse in the event of death. The trial court followed up with an Order on March 23, 1999, which addressed the payment of the pension benefits upon either party's retirement and allowed for future orders should the law change making the pension benefits subject to a QDRO or an equivalent order. After the parties divorced but before Appellee retired, legislation went into effect allowing a Division of Property Order (\DOPO\") for public pension plans.