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 especially considering that David used at least some community property
to pay his own attorney's $20,000 retainer—making the award here
reasonable under NRS 125.150(1)(a)(3).
Finally, we conclude that the district court did not err in
accelerating Sharon's entitlement to David's retirement benefits. This
court has repeatedly held that a spouse is entitled to the other spouse's
retirement benefits as soon as the latter spouse is eligible to retire. See
Sertic v. Sertic, 111 Nev. 1192, 1194, 901 P.2d 148, 149 (1995) ("If [the
wife] does not elect to retire when she first becomes eligible, she shall be
obligated to pay to [the husband] what he would have received if she had
retired."); Gemma v. Gemma, 105 Nev. 458, 464, 778 P.2d 429, 432 (1989)
("The district court here properly ordered that [the wife] may elect to
receive pension benefits at the time they become due and payable, this
being defined in the divorce decree as the time when [the husband] is first
eligible to retire."). Accordingly, we'
ORDER the judgment of the district court AFFIRMED.
1 We have considered the parties' remaining arguments and conclude
that they are without merit.
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