COUSINS v. COUSINS

No. 1309.

595 S.W.2d 172 (1980)

Donna Jean COUSINS, Appellant, v. Thurman Claude COUSINS, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Tyler.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1980.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard B. Tanner, Dallas, for appellant.

Charles R. Ford, Kaufman, for appellee.


SUMMERS, Chief Justice.

This is a divorce case in which the only question on appeal involves the effect of a prior Oklahoma divorce decree (between the parties) upon appellees' military retirement benefits when said Oklahoma decree was silent as to the division of such benefits.

Appellee joined the United States Armed Forces in 1951, and after eight years in the service, he and appellant were married in Texas on April 2, 1959. After a period of eighteen months...

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