[DOWNLOAD] "Deering V. Deering" by Court Of Appeals Of Maryland # eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Deering V. Deering
- Author : Court Of Appeals Of Maryland
- Release Date : January 08, 1981
- Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 64 KB
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It has been said that when a marriage begins, it is made in heaven and will last for life. Modern earthly experience, however, has frequently proven otherwise. Thus, when the marital bond is terminated by law, there inevitably arises a profound necessity to determine as between the former partners what is to be the property of each.*fn1 To this end, Maryland's new Property Disposition in Divorce and Annulment Law, Md. Code (1974, 1980 Repl. Vol.), §§ 3-6A-01 et seq. of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article, has substantially modified the traditional property rights of the husband and wife in a divorce proceeding by allowing the chancellor to grant a monetary "adjustment of the equities . . . of the parties concerning marital property . . . ." With this opinion, in which we decide two cases involving the same basic issues, we shall address the scope of a spouse's rights in civilian retirement benefits acquired by his or her marriage partner during the coverture period.*fn2 In the cases here, each wife has appealed from the chancellor's decision that the husband's pension rights do