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CourtListener opinion 868100

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FILED v. MAY
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pending
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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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QDRO

uant to Wis. Stat. § 809.61 (2009-10). It concerns a dispute over the enforceability of a pension award in a divorce judgment. The specific question we address is whether the circuit court erred when it denied Patricia Johnson's motion for the entry of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) on the grounds that the motion was barred by Wis. Stat. § 893.40, a statute of No. 2011AP1240 repose,1 which states that \action upon a judgment or

pension

County, Kathryn W. Foster, Judge. Reversed and cause remanded. ¶1 N. PATRICK CROOKS, J. This case is before the court on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Wis. Stat. § 809.61 (2009-10). It concerns a dispute over the enforceability of a pension award in a divorce judgment. The specific question we address is whether the circuit court erred when it denied Patricia Johnson's motion for the entry of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) on the grounds that the motion was barred by Wis. Stat. § 893.40, a statute of No. 2011AP1240 repose,1 which states that \action upon a judgment or

domestic relations order

s. Stat. § 809.61 (2009-10). It concerns a dispute over the enforceability of a pension award in a divorce judgment. The specific question we address is whether the circuit court erred when it denied Patricia Johnson's motion for the entry of a qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) on the grounds that the motion was barred by Wis. Stat. § 893.40, a statute of No. 2011AP1240 repose,1 which states that \action upon a judgment or

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courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
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public
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machine draft public v0
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gold label pending
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US
Deterministic extraction
pending
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

2013 WI 43

 SUPREME COURT OF WISCONSIN
CASE NO.: 2011AP1240
COMPLETE TITLE:
 In re the marriage of:

 Patricia A. Johnson, p/k/a Patricia Masters,
 Petitioner-Appellant,
 v.
 Michael R. Masters,
 Respondent-Respondent.
 ON CERTIFICATION FROM THE COURT OF APPEALS

OPINION FILED: May 17, 2013
SUBMITTED ON BRIEFS:
ORAL ARGUMENT: September 7, 2012

SOURCE OF APPEAL:
 COURT: Circuit
 COUNTY: Waukesha
 JUDGE: Kathryn W. Foster

JUSTICES:
 CONCURRED: ABRAHAMSON, C.J., concurs. (Opinion filed.)
 BRADLEY, J., ABRAHAMSON, C.J., concur. (Opinion
 filed.) ZIEGLER, ROGGENSACK, GABLEMAN concur.
 (Opinion filed.)
 DISSENTED: PROSSER, J., dissents. (Opinion filed.)
 NOT PARTICIPATING:

ATTORNEYS:
 For the petitioner-appellant, there was a brief (in court
of appeals) by Joseph F. Owens and Law Offices of Joseph F.
Owens, New Berlin, and Debra K. Riedel and Law Offices of Debra
K. Riedel, New Berlin, and a reply brief to the Supreme Court by
Joseph Owens and Debra K. Riedel. Oral argument by Joseph F.
Owens.
 For the respondent-respondent, there was a brief by Erik I.
Colque and Colque Law, LLC, Waukesha, and oral argument by Erik
I. Colque.
 2013 WI 43
 NOTICE
 This opinion is subject to further
 editing and modification. The final
 version will appear in the bound
 volume of the official reports.
No. 2011AP1240
(L.C. No. 1988FA73)

STATE OF WISCONSIN : IN SUPREME COURT

Patricia A. Johnson,

 Petitioner–Appellant
 FILED
 v. MAY 17, 2013

Michael R. Masters, Diane M. Fremgen
 Clerk of Supreme Court

 Respondent–Respondent

 APPEAL from an order of the Circuit Court for Waukesha

County, Kathryn W. Foster, Judge. Reversed and cause remanded.

 ¶1 N. PATRICK CROOKS, J. This case is before the court

on certification from the court of appeals pursuant to Wis.

Stat. § 809.61 (2009-10). It concerns a dispute over the

enforceability of a pension award in a divorce judgment. The

specific question we address is whether the circuit court erred

when it denied Patricia Johnson's motion for the entry of a

qualified domestic relations order (QDRO) on the grounds that

the motion was barred by Wis. Stat. § 893.40, a statute of
 No. 2011AP1240

repose,1 which states that \action upon a judgment or