GENTRY v. GENTRY

No. 96-1063.

938 S.W.2d 231 (1997)

327 Ark. 266

Horace D. GENTRY, Appellant, v. Athanett O. GENTRY, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

February 10, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

D. Scott Hickam, Hot Springs, for appellant.

Jim Clark, Bentonville, for appellee.


THORNTON, Justice.

This case presents the issue whether an agreement to divide future Social Security benefits can be enforced by the courts of Arkansas notwithstanding the provisions of federal law prohibiting the transfer or assignment of such benefits. After twenty-eight years of marriage, the appellant, Horace D. Gentry, and the appellee, Athanett O. Gentry, were divorced in 1984. They entered into a property settlement...

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