CHRISTMAS v. CHRISTMAS

No. 72163.

787 P.2d 1267 (1990)

S.M. CHRISTMAS, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. B.G. CHRISTMAS, Defendant-Petitioner.

Supreme Court of Oklahoma.

February 27, 1990.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Francis Gillet, Tulsa, for plaintiff-respondent.

Hood, Thornbrugh & Raynolds by P. Thomas Thornbrugh, Tulsa, for defendant-petitioner.

Robert H. Henry, Atty. Gen. by Hugh H. Collum, Asst. Atty. Gen., Oklahoma City, amicus curiae.


HODGES, Justice.

This appeal from a certified interlocutory order raises the following question of first impression: Are disability benefits received after divorce joint property subject to equitable division in a divorce action? We answer in the negative.

Bill Christmas (husband) and Suzy Christmas (wife) were married in 1974. On December 7, 1987, wife filed her petition for divorce and the parties separated.

Two weeks later, husband began an approximately...

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