### In re Marriage of Belthius 23 DJDAR 883 (1/4/23) (DCA2/2) \[cert. for pub. 1/31/23\]    In this case, the trial court made **two** mistakes when it signed the husband's QDRO: 1. The court used the wrong salary and rank to calculate the amount of money the wife was entitled to from the husband's pension. The court should have used the husband's *final* salary and rank at the time of his retirement to calculate this. 2. The court made a mistake by ordering that if the wife passed away before the husband, her share of the pension would revert back to the husband. This goes against [[Cal. Fam. Code § 2640|the law]] which says that each party should receive their full share of community property in any retirement plan, including survivor and death benefits. ![[B315673.pdf]] <!-- citation-library:start --> ## Citation reference Belthius, In re Marriage of (2023) 88 Cal.App.5th 1, 304 Cal.Rptr.3d 137 > [!info] Working notes > This is a personal working note. Citation details are for reference; opinion and current-status verification may still be pending. <!-- citation-library:end -->