Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Smallwood
Supreme Court of Alabama
Decided July 13, 2001No. 1000343PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
This case presents an issue of first impression in this state: Does the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. § 1408, prohibit the courts of this state from awarding greater than 50 percent of a military retiree's retirement pay to the other spouse as part of a division of marital property in a domestic-relations proceeding?
Kathleen M. Smallwood and Frederick K. Smallwood were married for 29 years. The husband is a retired Navy captain and is employed by a private corporation, from which he receives a salary and retirement benefits that are in addition to his military…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Beesley v. BeesleyIdaho Supreme Court · 1988
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