POWELL v. POWELL

No. 6310.

620 S.W.2d 253 (1981)

James H. POWELL, Appellant, v. Ruth Ann POWELL, Appellee.

Court of Civil Appeals of Texas, Waco.

Rehearing Denied September 4, 1981.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John L. Sandstedt, Sandstedt & Davis, Bryan, O. Shelton Coleman, Coleman & Ward, Garland, for appellant.

D. Brooks Cofer, Jr., Cofer, Edwards & Vance, Inc., Bryan, for appellee.


OPINION

JAMES, Justice.

This is a case wherein the divorced former wife of a retired military man seeks to establish a one-half interest in her former husband's military retirement pay.

James H. Powell and Ruth Ann Powell were married July 26, 1942, while he was in the military service. He had entered military service on December 3, 1940. Mr. Powell served in the U.S. Armed Forces continuously from the time of his entry therein, until December 31...

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