Legal Opinion
United States Department of the Air Force v. Wilhelm
Court of Appeals of Texas
Decided July 27, 1977No. 1666PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COULSON, Justice.
This is a suit brought by the former wife of an Air Force officer seeking to garnish one-half of his retirement pay as satisfaction of a community property award made pursuant to a divorce decree rendered in 1969. Jeanne L. Wilhelm filed her application for writ of garnishment in the Court of Domestic Relations No. 3 of Harris County on September 25, 1975. Her suit was brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 659 (Supp. 1977), a federal statute which waives the sovereign immunity of the United States for the narrow purpose of permitting the pay of federal employees to be garnished to…
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