Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Welch
Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)
Decided May 13, 1982No. 11-82-014-CVPublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DICKENSON, Justice.
This is a post McCarty 1 contempt proceeding. Relator, Cleatus Eugene Welch, was ordered to pay his former wife, Gwy-nelle Alvarez, twenty-five percent of his military nondisability retired pay in their Decree of Divorce dated February 2, 1979. Relator has made all required payments through May of 1981. 2
After learning of the McCarty decision, relator ceased paying his former spouse any part of the retirement benefits awarded to her in their Decree of Divorce. The former wife moved to hold him in contempt, and after hearing proof the 326th District Court entered an Order of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- McCarty v. McCartySupreme Court of the United States · 1981
- Hisquierdo v. HisquierdoSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- Mary Frances Erspan, Cross-Appellant v. Lloyd J. Badgett, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Ex Parte BursonTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- Trahan v. TrahanTexas Supreme Court · 1981
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Ex Parte Hovermale, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982
- Neese v. Neese, Texas Court of Appeals, 11th District (Eastland)1984
- Tyson v. Alexander, Texas Court of Appeals, 7th District (Amarillo)1984
- Ex Parte Hovermale, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982
- Ex Parte Hovermale, Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1982
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