JONES v. JONES

No. 04-94-00310-CV.

900 S.W.2d 786 (1995)

Donald J. JONES, Appellant, v. Gail M. JONES, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Denied May 15, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Pfeifer, San Antonio, for appellant.

Richard J. Karam, Bill Jolly, Karam, Naranjo, Kruger, Mery & Pina, San Antonio, for appellee.

Before CHAPA, C.J., and STONE and GREEN, JJ.


CHAPA, Chief Justice.

Appellant Donald J. Jones appeals from the trial court's judgment enforcing a divorce decree in favor of appellee, Gail M. Jones. The issue before this court is whether res judicata bars a collateral attack on the trial court's division of appellant's retirement benefits in the initial divorce decree. We hold that under Texas law res judicata bars collateral attack and affirm the judgment.

Appellant and Appellee were married in 1978 and...

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