Legal Opinion
Rose v. Rose
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 18, 1987No. 85-1206PublishedCited by 229 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
In this case, we are asked to decide whether a state court has jurisdiction to hold a disabled veteran in contempt for failing to pay child support, where the veteran’s only means *622of satisfying this obligation is to utilize benefits received from the Veterans’ Administration under 38 U. S. C. § 314 as compensation for a service-connected disability.
HH
Appellant Charlie Wayne Rose is a totally disabled veteran of the Vietnam war. He married appellee Barbara Ann McNeil Rose in 1973, and the couple had two children before their marriage ended in October 1983, with a divorce decree from the…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- In Re BurrusSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- United States v. YazellSupreme Court of the United States · 1966
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3Cited by229 opinions
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