Legal Opinion
Tyus v. Tyus
California Court of Appeal
Decided October 4, 1984No. B002681PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ARGUELLES, J.
Appellant, Johnnie Merry Tyus (wife), appeals that part of a 1983 California judgment which declined to give full faith and credit to a 1975 Texas judgment of divorce awarding her 22.5 percent of the military retirement pay of respondent, James Edwin Tyus (husband).
Facts
On October 6, 1975, a Texas judgment of divorce was entered by which wife was awarded 22.5 percent of husband’s United States Air Force retirement benefit, including any cost of living increases, beginning with the October 1975 payment. By the terms of the judgment, husband was made the trustee of wife’s…
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