Coote v. Coote

OPINION

SPURLOCK, Justice.

The wife of a military officer appeals from the property division portion of their decree of divorce. The basic question for review is whether the trial court abused its discretion in failing to award the wife any portion of the military retirement benefits if, as, and when the husband receives them.

We affirm.

Gloria and Donald Coote were married in 1960. Lieutenant Colonel Coote had been in the United States Air Force eleven months at the time they were married. The couple had moved numerous times as Coote had been transferred to different bases in several states and…