GENTRY v. GENTRY

No. 83-109.

668 S.W.2d 947 (1984)

282 Ark. 413

Darnelle GENTRY, Appellant, v. Leffel GENTRY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied June 18, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gill & Johnson by Marion S. Gill, Dumas, for appellant.

Bailey, Trimble, Pence & Sellars by R. Eugene Bailey, Little Rock, for appellee.


JAMES A. McLARTY, III, Special Justice.

This is a divorce case. The parties resolved by stipulation all issues except the two in dispute. The wife claimed alimony and a marital interest in the husband's civil service retirement benefits. The chancellor denied the wife alimony and held that the retirement benefits were not marital property. We disagree and reverse.

The parties married in 1949. The wife worked outside the home until 1961. The husband, an attorney...

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