Alaska Supreme Court

Robert C.o. Gross, Appellant v. Dawn Alexia Wilson, Appellee.

July 27, 2018424 P.3d 390

Summary

The Alaska Supreme Court affirmed the superior court’s order enforcing the divorce settlement that required Gross to pay Wilson fifty percent of his combined military retirement and disability benefits. The Court held that Gross had no procedural basis to collaterally attack the property division under Rule 60(b) and that the indemnification provision was permissible because it stemmed from a voluntary contractual agreement, not a post‑divorce waiver. The decision also clarified the application of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act in light of recent Supreme Court precedent.