Family Law
Family Law News 2017, Issue 3, Volume 39, No. 3
Content
- Pension Survivor Rights Under Qdros: An Issue of Conflict of Laws
- Recurring Questions Under the Domestic Violence Prevention Act
- Table of Contents
- The Killing of Krempin
- Forensic Expert Testimony and the Value of the Side-by-Side
- Message from the Chair
- Family Law News Editorial Team
- Legislative Liaisons and Designated Recipients of Legislation
- Arbitration Clauses In Family Law Attorney Fee Agreement
- Family Law Section Executive Committee
- Technology Corner: An Ode to a Modern Swiss Army Knife
- Military Family Support -Questions and Discovery
- Mandatory Fee Arbitration For Attorney-Mediators
- Message from the Editor
- McLe Article: What is a Paca?
- Requesting a Statement of Decision: How, When & Why
The Killing of Krempin
Mark E. Sullivan
Mark Sullivan is a retired Army Reserve JAG colonel. He practices family law in Raleigh, North Carolina and is the author of THE MILITARY DIVORCE HANDBOOK (Am. Bar Assn., 2nd Ed. 2011) and many internet resources on military family law issues. A Fellow of the American Academy of Matrimonial Lawyers, Mr. Sullivan has been a board-certified specialist in family law since 1989. He works with attorneys and judges nationwide as a consultant and an expert witness on military divorce issues in drafting military pension division orders. He can be reached at 919-832-8507 and at mark.sullivan@ncfamilylaw.com.
Introduction
On May 15, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court published a decision that put a major obstacle in the way of equitable, just and fair distribution of military retired pay. The decision in Howell v. Howell1 does serious damage to the proposed remedy of resulting trust set out in In re Marriage of Krempin2 It expands the Court’s holding prohibiting division upon divorce of waived military retired pay under Mansell v. Mansell.3