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SUTHERLAND v. COBERN

No. 6-91-122-CV.

843 S.W.2d 127 (1992)

Vernon Douglas SUTHERLAND, Appellant, v. Hazel Joyce COBERN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, Texarkana.

Rehearing Denied November 18, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rim Nail, Nail, Pelley and Wynne, Sherman, for appellant.

Lewis F. Boyd, Paris, Martin L. Kahn, Irving, Ann Crawford McClure, El Paso, for appellee.

Before CORNELIUS, C.J., and BLEIL and GRANT, JJ.

OPINION

BLEIL, Justice.

Vernon Sutherland appeals a judgment granting his former spouse, Joyce Cobern, a share of his past and future military retirement benefits. The primary question presented is whether either federal law or the doctrine of res judicata bars the division of Sutherland's military retirement benefits. We hold that the trial court's judgment is not barred, overrule other points of error, and affirm the judgment.

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