Legal Opinion

Hart v. Hart

Supreme Court of Oklahoma

Decided July 19, 1994No. 74462PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

KAUGER, Justice.

The single dispositive issue is whether the divorce decree may be modified to divide military retirement benefits as marital property.1 We find that this cause is governed by our holding in Clifton v. Clifton, 801 P.2d 693, 698 (Okla.1990) that 12 O.S.Supp.1987 § 1289(F)2 may not serve as a vehicle for modifying a divorce decree to divide military retirement benefits as spousal property if the benefits were not legally divisible at the time of divorce. Because the military retirement benefits were not divisible when the decree was entered, the husband’s failure to disclose the…

2Cases cited10 opinions

  1. Clifton v. CliftonSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1990
  2. Carpenter v. CarpenterSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1983
  3. Messenger v. MessengerSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1992
  4. Griffin v. CulpSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1918
  5. Gray v. McKnightSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1919

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. FDIC v. JerniganSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1995
  2. Hart v. HartSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1994

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