Ashley v. Ashley

Tom Glaze, Justice.

This case involves the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act [10 U.S.C. § 1408 (1982 ed. and Supp. V)] (hereafter USFSPA or Act) as discussed and interpreted by the Supreme Court in Mansell v. Mansell, 490 U.S. 581 (1989). After the USFSPA’s enactment, Alvin M. and Kayoko Ashley were divorced on February 25, 1994. binder the court’s decree, Kayoko was awarded, among other things, $90.00 per month in alimony, and as her share of marital property, one-half of Alvin’s disposable retirement pay he received under the Act as a result of his retirement from the United…