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HAGEN v. HAGEN

No. 04-06-00705-CV.

283 S.W.3d 1 (2007)

Doris J. HAGEN, Appellant, v. Raoul HAGEN, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Texas, San Antonio.

Rehearing Overruled November 5, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gary A. Beahm, Gary A. Beahm, P.C., San Antonio, for appellant.

Ryan G. Anderson, McClenahan, Anderson & Stryker, P.L.L.C., San Antonio, for appellee.

Sitting: CATHERINE STONE, Justice, PHYLIS J. SPEEDLIN, Justice, REBECCA SIMMONS, Justice.

MEMORANDUM OPINION

Opinion by CATHERINE STONE, Justice.

Doris Hagen appeals the trial court's judgment that allowed her former husband, Raoul Hagen, to retroactively apply the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act to collaterally attack their divorce decree. We hold that under Texas law, res judicata bars Raoul's collateral attack and we thus reverse the judgment.

BACKGROUND

This appeal concerns a divorce decree between Doris...

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