SUTHERLAND v. SUTHERLAND

No. S-79-7-CA.

563 F.Supp. 442 (1983)

Barbara SUTHERLAND and husband, Vernon Sutherland v. Hazel SUTHERLAND.

United States District Court, E.D. Texas, Sherman Division.

April 5, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles H. Robertson, Robertson & Wilkinson, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs.

W. Laurence Evans, Kennedy, Minshew, Evans, Campbell & Cain, Sherman, Tex., for defendant.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

JUSTICE, Chief Judge.

The plaintiffs in this civil action, one of whom is Vernon Sutherland ("Vernon"), seek to set aside or enjoin that portion of an August 31, 1971, state court divorce decree that awarded his ex-wife, defendant Hazel Sutherland ("Hazel"), one-half of his United States Naval Fleet Reserve retainer pay. See 10 U.S.C. § 6330. Vernon contends that that portion of the divorce decree violates the Supremacy Clause...

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