Jones v. Jones

STEPHENSON, Justice.

The principal question presented on this appeal is whether military retirement benefits are marital property. The trial court entered judgment in a divorce action dividing military retirement benefits between the parties. We granted transfer and affirm the judgment of the trial court.

Shortly after the marriage of the parties in 1956, James Jones joined the Air Force and retired in 1976 after twenty-years’ service with monthly benefits of $1,251.60. The parties separated in 1981 and were divorced in 1983. The trial court adjudged that Patricia Jones should have 50 percent…