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          was ratified and incorporated into a Final Decree of Dissolution            
          of Marriage (Final Decree) by the District Court of the Second              
          Judicial District of the State of New Mexico, County of                     
          Bernalillo.1  The Final Decree provided in relevant part as                 
          follows:                                                                    
               4.  AIR FORCE RETIREE PAY.                                             
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               f.  The treatment of Kenneth R. Porter's disposable retired pay, as    
               defined in 10 U.S.C. section 1408(a)(4), as community and marital      
               property of the member and the spouse is in accordance with the law of 
               the State of New Mexico.                                               
          The Settlement Agreement, which referred to Jo Ann Porter as                
          "Petitioner" and Kenneth as "Respondent," provided in relevant              
          part as follows:                                                            
          II.  PROPERTY DECLARATION AND DIVISION:                                     
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               B.  Community Property.  The Community Property of the parties is      
               hereby divided equally as follows:                                     
               1.  To the Petitioner, Jo Ann Porter as her sole and separate property:
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               (b)  One-half of the Air Force Retiree Monthly Pay and benefits, as    
               more fully defined below;                                              
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               2.  To the Respondent, Kenneth R. Porter as his sole and separate      
               property.                                                              
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               (b)  One-half of the Air Force Retiree Monthly Pay, as more fully      
               defined below;                                                         


          1    The Final Decree provided:  "The Settlement Agreement of the           
          parties is hereby ratified and made an integral and non-separable           
          part of this decree, is merged into the decree and shall operate            
          in every respect as an order and decision of the Court.  The                
          parties are hereby ordered to carry out the terms and provisions            
          of said Settlement Agreement."                                              




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