Legal Opinion
Messenger v. Messenger
Supreme Court of Oklahoma
Decided February 18, 1992No. 71388PublishedCited by 51 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OP ALA, Chief Justice.
In Clifton v. Clifton1 the court held that 12 O.S.Supp.1987 § 1289(F)2 should be construed as a bar to post-decree property division readjustment sought to be rested on an after-enacted spousal right to reach military retirement pension income. Clifton teaches that the provision in subsection (F), which authorizes the reopening of divorce decrees, addresses itself solely to support alimony modification. The narrow issue Clifton left unsettled, which is presented for decision today, is whether decrees rendered before the 1987 amendment enacted by 12 O.S.Supp.1987 §…
2Cases cited79 opinions
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3Cited by51 opinions
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