Legal Opinion
In re Marriage of Williams
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided May 18, 2018No. 113103PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by Luckert, J.:
*1036 This case concerns a challenge to a divorce decree entered more than 20 years ago. The 1994 decree divided the husband's "army retirement benefits" as marital property, awarding the wife "25% of Husband's army retirement benefits, as her sole and separate property." The husband now asks this court to determine the district court lacked jurisdiction to divide his military retirement benefits pursuant to the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), 10 U.S.C. § 1408 et seq. (2012), and to reverse the district court's award…
2Cases cited52 opinions
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3Cited by49 opinions
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