(Download) "In Re Marriage Of Knies" by Washington Court of Appeals # Book PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: In Re Marriage Of Knies
- Author : Washington Court of Appeals
- Release Date : January 28, 1999
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 61 KB
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In a 1990 decree dissolving their 23-year marriage, Patricia Knies received 50 percent of her husband's pension with the Washington State Patrol, but no portion of any future disability payments. In 1996, 6 days before he was eligible to retire, Kenneth Knies was granted job-related disability status. Ms. Knies moved for an order directing Mr. Knies to pay a portion of his disability payments to her. The trial court concluded that Mr. Knies' disability payments were, in effect, a retirement benefit and subject to division in accordance with the original decree. We affirm the court's decision to grant Ms. Knies a portion of the disability payments commencing as of the date of trial. We also affirm the award of attorney fees at trial and grant fees to Ms. Knies for defending the direct appeal but not for prosecuting the cross-appeal.