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WRIGHT v. ECKHARDT

Record No. 030181.

591 S.E.2d 668 (2004)

267 Va. 24

Cecilia Ann WRIGHT v. Troy D. ECKHARDT.

Supreme Court of Virginia.

January 16, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Jeffries (Law Offices of Diane Fener, on briefs), Virginia Beach, for appellant.

Mona Schapiro Flax, for appellee.

Present: HASSELL, C.J., LACY, KEENAN, KINSER, LEMONS, and AGEE, JJ., and CARRICO, Senior Justice.

ELIZABETH B. LACY, Justice.

In this appeal, we consider whether the doctrine of res judicata bars giving full faith and credit to a judgment of the Texas Court of Appeals.

The relevant facts are undisputed. Cecilia Ann Wright and Troy D. Eckhardt were divorced in 1993. Pursuant to the divorce decree entered by the District Court of Nueces County, Texas, Wright was awarded a portion of Eckhardt's military retirement benefits when he retired. In 1998...

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