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\"retire\"Retirement benefits can be a complex and contentious issue in a Texas divorce case.\u00a0 Generally, any income earned during marriage is considered community property unless proven to be separate property, including funds contributed to a retirement account or earned as pension benefits.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband challenged<\/a> a court\u2019s order awarding a portion of his military retirement benefits to his ex-wife.<\/p>\n

According to the appeals court\u2019s opinion, the wife petitioned for enforcement of property division by contempt, alleging the husband had not paid her the retirement benefits awarded to her in their divorce decree.\u00a0 The husband argued the military benefits had either been awarded to him or had not been divided at the time of the divorce.<\/p>\n

The wife filed an amended motion to clarify, asking the court to enter a clarifying order if it found any part of the previous order was not specific enough for enforcement through contempt.\u00a0 She specifically asked the court to clarify the order to reflect the length of the marriage and the husband\u2019s dates of military service.\u00a0 She also asked the court to sign a Military Qualified Domestic Relations Order.<\/p>\n

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Retirement benefits can be a complex and contentious issue in a Texas divorce case.\u00a0 Generally, any income earned during marriage is considered community property unless proven to be separate property, including funds contributed to a retirement account or earned as pension benefits.\u00a0 In a recent case, a husband challenged a court\u2019s order awarding a portion […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":1370,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,29],"tags":[317,5,316,57,145,354,328],"class_list":["post-2053","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-divorce","category-pension-plan","tag-clarification","tag-divorce-2","tag-enforcement","tag-military","tag-pension","tag-retirement-benefits","tag-texas-family-code"],"yoast_head":"\nWife Entitled to Share of Husband's Military Retirement in Texas Divorce — Texas 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