SHANKS v. TREADWAY

No. 00-1325.

110 S.W.3d 444 (2003)

George Payton SHANKS, Petitioner, v. Kenda Carolyn (Shanks) TREADWAY, Respondent.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided June 26, 2003.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tonya P. Johannsen, Susan Lea Hays, Waters & Kraus, L.L.P., Dallas, for petitioner.

James Warren Hryekewicz, James Hunter Birch, Hughes & Luce, Dallas, for respondent.


Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue in this case is the proper interpretation of a 1981 divorce decree that divided, among other assets, retirement benefits stemming from one spouse's employment both during and after the marriage. The trial court held that the divorce decree awarded the non-employee spouse a specific percentage of the retirement benefits valued at the date of divorce. The court...

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