In re Marriage of Tronsrue

The supreme court held that a marital settlement agreement entered into between the parties that required respondent to pay petitioner one-half of his federal veterans’ disability payments was not preempted by federal law because it was a voluntary contract entered into between the parties and the benefits were paid directly to respondent. The supreme court also found that the trial court retained jurisdiction over the matter for the purposes of enforcing the provisions of its judgment of dissolution and did not err when it required respondent to pay attorney fees for failure to make the required payments. (THEIS, OVERSTREET, HOLDER WHITE, CUNNINGHAM, ROCHFORD, and O’BRIEN, concurring)