Rice v. Rice

SIMMS, Justice:

At the time Appellant-plaintiff husband commenced this action, he was a retired police officer receiving monthly pension benefits from the Oklahoma Police Pension and Retirement System. Both parties were, and are, gainfully employed; the appellant as a postal letter carrier and the appellee as a cashier at a supermarket.

The appellee was awarded custody of the couple’s one unemancipated child and child support. Both parties received property and were ordered to pay certain debts. Later, the court amended its journal entry by ordering the appellant to pay the appel-lee’s attorney…