Legal Opinion
Patrick v. Patrick
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 10, 1985No. 2-84-273-CVPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HOPKINS, Justice.
This appeal involves a suit to enforce a contractual division of military retirement benefits upon divorce. Judgment was rendered for the husband that the wife take nothing.
We reverse and remand.
In 1979, husband and wife were divorced while husband was still in the Air Force. The settlement agreement upon which the divorce decree was based provided that “JOHN MILTON PATRICK and MARY ANN PATRICK shall share, as co-tenants all retirement funds payable to JOHN MILTON PATRICK as a result of his service in the United States Air Force.”
The husband had been collecting…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Busby v. BusbyTexas Supreme Court · 1970
- Segrest v. SegrestTexas Supreme Court · 1983
- In Re Marriage of HopkinsCalifornia Court of Appeal · 1983
- Ex Parte BursonTexas Supreme Court · 1981
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