Legal Opinion
Christmas v. Christmas
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 27, 1990No. 72163PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HODGES, Justice.
This appeal from a certified interlocutory order raises the following question of first impression: Are disability benefits received after divorce joint property subject to equitable division in a divorce action? We answer in the negative.
Bill Christmas (husband) and Suzy Christmas (wife) were married in 1974. On December 7, 1987, wife filed her petition for divorce and the parties separated.
Two weeks later, husband began an approximately three-month stay in a local sanatorium. He sought disability benefits for job stress incurred as Chief of the Sapulpa Fire Department.…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- Carpenter v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
- Rice v. RiceSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1988
3Cited by11 opinions
- Gragg v. GraggTennessee Supreme Court · 2000
- Crocker v. CrockerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1991
- Charles Machine Works, Inc. v. QuickSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1993
- Evans v. EvansDelaware Family Court · 2001
- Marriage of Woodard v. WoodardCourt of Civil Appeals of Oklahoma · 2007
6 more not listed; retrieve them via the Exa API.