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CourtListener opinion 885478
Date unknown · US
- Extracted case name
- IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF LINDA K. HARKIN
- Extracted reporter citation
- pending
- Docket / number
- 99-080
Machine-draft headnote
Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 885478 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 2/5, 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“n entered by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion. ¶2 This appeal raises the following issues: ¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in entering a Qualified Domestic Relations Order? ¶4 2. Whether the District Court erred in dividing the marital estate? ¶5 3. Whether the District Court erred in awarding maintenance? ¶6 4. Whether the District Court erred in awarding attorney fees? FACTUAL BACKGROUND ¶7 The Respondent and Appellant, John E. Harkin (\Jack\")”
domestic relations order“by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion. ¶2 This appeal raises the following issues: ¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in entering a Qualified Domestic Relations Order? ¶4 2. Whether the District Court erred in dividing the marital estate? ¶5 3. Whether the District Court erred in awarding maintenance? ¶6 4. Whether the District Court erred in awarding attorney fees? FACTUAL BACKGROUND ¶7 The Respondent and Appellant, John E. Harkin (\Jack\")”
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
- docket: 99-080
- Generated at
- May 14, 2026
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Clean opinion text
file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/99-080%20Opinion.htm No. 99-080 IN THE SUPREME COURT OF THE STATE OF MONTANA 2000 MT 105 299 Mont. 298 99 P. 2d 969 IN RE THE MARRIAGE OF LINDA K. HARKIN, Petitioner and Respondent, and JOHN E. HARKIN, Respondent and Appellant. APPEAL FROM: District Court of the Eleventh Judicial District, In and for the County of Flathead, The Honorable Katherine R. Curtis, Judge presiding. COUNSEL OF RECORD: For Appellant: P. Mars Scott and Patrick G. Sandefur, Mulroney, Delaney & Scott, Missoula, Montana file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/99-080%20Opinion.htm (1 of 17)3/28/2007 11:43:40 AM file:///C|/Documents%20and%20Settings/cu1046/Desktop/opinions/99-080%20Opinion.htm For Respondent: David L. Astle, Astle & Astle, Kalispell, Montana Submitted on Briefs: November 18, 1999 Decided: April 27, 2000 Filed: __________________________________________ Clerk Justice Jim Regnier delivered the opinion of the Court. ¶1 John E. Harkin appeals the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decree of Dissolution entered by the Eleventh Judicial District Court, Flathead County. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for proceedings consistent with this opinion. ¶2 This appeal raises the following issues: ¶3 1. Whether the District Court erred in entering a Qualified Domestic Relations Order? ¶4 2. Whether the District Court erred in dividing the marital estate? ¶5 3. Whether the District Court erred in awarding maintenance? ¶6 4. Whether the District Court erred in awarding attorney fees? FACTUAL BACKGROUND ¶7 The Respondent and Appellant, John E. Harkin (\Jack\")