In re Marriage of KEITH and KUM SMITH
Where army veteran's service had begun eight years prior to his marriage to former wife and he was still on active duty when they separated, trial court did not err in requiring veteran to pay his former wife a percentage of any veterans disability payments he may receive during his retirement. Court did not abuse its discretion in requiring that veteran participate in military's Survivor's Benefit Plan and name his former wife as his sole beneficiary where doing so was an equitable means to insure that former wife receives her community share of veteran's retirement pay. Court did not abuse its discretion in requiring veteran to pay half the cost of a class of benefits that would give former wife her proportionate interest in veteran's maximum benefit as a way of attempting to guarantee that former wife receives her full share of the military retirement.
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