Legal Opinion
Cullen v. Cullen
District Court of Appeal of Florida
Decided March 22, 1982No. ZZ-355PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
413 So.2d 1196 (1982)
William J. CULLEN, Appellant,
v.
Mary B. CULLEN, Appellee.
No. ZZ-355.
District Court of Appeal of Florida, First District.
March 22, 1982.
George E. Day, Fort Walton Beach, for appellant.
J. LaDon Dewrell of Dewrell & Blue, Fort Walton Beach, for appellee.
WENTWORTH, Judge.
This appeal presents the question of whether, upon the dissolution of a marriage, federal law precludes a Florida court from awarding permanent periodic alimony in the amount of one half of military nondisability retirement pay. We find that such an award is not precluded, and also affirm offsetting special…
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