Deep Dive: Wife awarded 50% of military pension benefits accrued at the time of agreement in Virginia.

This legal document details a case where a divorced couple, Andrew Ryan Younkle and Suzanne Marie Schillmoeller, disagreed over the division of military retirement benefits. The couple's separation agreement stated that Schillmoeller would receive 50% of Younkle's military retirement pay, but Younkle argued this should only include benefits earned during their marriage. The Court of Appeals ultimately sided with Schillmoeller, ruling that the agreement unambiguously referred to the division of marital property, not spousal support, and therefore entitled her to 50% of Younkle's total military retirement benefits.