BRIGHT v. BRIGHT

No. 15496.

531 S.W.2d 440 (1975)

Marilyn F. BRIGHT, Appellant, v. Ronald R. BRIGHT, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

December 17, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gardner, Ferguson & Associates, San Antonio, for appellant.

Gerald B. Fisher, San Antonio, for appellee.


BARROW, Chief Justice.

Appellant has perfected her appeal from the property division of a divorce decree. The principal question is whether the divorce court has the power to divide non-vested military retirement benefits. The trial court held that under existing case law it did not have this power. We agree.

Appellant and appellee were married in 1959 and separated in February of 1975. At the time of the marriage, appellee was an enlisted man in the United...

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