Williams v. Williams

STOREY, Justice.

Nancy Williams sued and obtained judgment against her former husband, Benjamin Williams, for amounts due on a prior judgment for divorce rendered on February 22, 1971. The appeal centers upon whether the judgment on which this action is brought is void as an attempt to divest appellant of his separate property, namely, benefits under the Army and Air Force Exchange Service Retirement Pension Plan. 1 We affirm on the ground that the earlier judgment is not void so as to be subject to collateral attack in the present suit.

A defense to a judgment debt on the ground that the prior…