Section 21.14 Value of Pensions

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6. (§21.14) Value of Pensions

In Wilkinson v. Wilkinson, 729 S.W.2d 36 (Mo. App. E.D. 1987), the wife successfully used an economics professor to obtain a one-half interest in her husband’s pension plan in which the husband had a nonvested interest. An accountant or economist is helpful in valuing a pension under Kuchta v. Kuchta, 636 S.W.2d 663 (Mo. banc 1982).

In Taylor v. Taylor, 25 S.W.3d 634 (Mo. App. W.D. 2000), each party used expert testimony regarding the value of the inventory of the husband’s...