Legal Opinion
Valdez v. Ramirez
Texas Supreme Court
Decided July 26, 1978No. B-7272PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DANIEL, Justice.
The issue presented by this case is whether a husband’s community interest in his surviving wife’s civil service retirement benefits is inheritable upon his death by adult children of his former wife. We hold that it is not.
Lillie Valdez had worked as a United States Civil Service employee for 352 months prior to her retirement in 1971. For 340 months of her employment she was married to Tomas Valdez, Sr. Based on her 352 months of service she began receiving retirement benefits in 1971 under the Federal Civil Service Retirement Act. 5 U.S. C.A. § 8331, et seq. In 1973, Tomas,…
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