Baker, J.
Teasha Harris (Wife) appeals the trial court’s denial of her motion to correct error. She argues that the trial court erred in determining that it lacked personal jurisdiction over Anthony Harris (Husband) as to the division of certain marital assets. She also argues that the trial court erred in determining that Husband’s military pension was not a marital asset. Finding that Husband had consented to the trial court’s jurisdiction over him in regard to all matters necessary to the disposition of this cause, we reverse the portions of the trial court’s judgment that were affected by this determination. However, we affirm the trial court’s judgment that Husband’s military pension was not a marital asset. Accordingly, we remand to the trial court for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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On July 19, 2011, Husband asked the trial court to approve an agreed entry for decree of dissolution. Appellant’s App. p. 45. In so doing, Husband availed himself of the benefits of the trial court’s jurisdiction and thereby consented to the court’s exercise of jurisdiction over him. At that point, this Court’s decision as to the trial court’s jurisdiction as it existed in 2010 no longer applied.
Second, the trial court incorrectly determined that Husband had submitted to the court’s jurisdiction only as to specific matters. “Personal jurisdiction” refers to “[a] court’s power to bring a person into its adjudicative process.” Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014). When an individual consents to a court’s exercise of jurisdiction over him in a particular cause, it follows that the court is authorized to adjudicate all issues necessary to dispose of that cause properly.
Indiana Code section 31-15-7-4 provides that “[i]n an action for dissolution of marriage . . . , the court shall divide the property of the parties.” (Emphasis added). “This court has many times stated that in divorce cases the trial court has not only the power, but the statutory duty to adjust and adjudicate the property rights of the parties involved.” Plese v. Plese, 146 Ind. App. 545, 553, 257 N.E.2d 318, 323 (1970). Accordingly, a party who consents to a trial court’s jurisdiction over the dissolution of his marriage necessarily authorizes that court to adjudicate his property rights.
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Najam, J., and Friedlander, J., concur.