{"id":2079,"date":"2021-05-31T10:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2079"},"modified":"2021-05-31T10:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-31T15:53:41","slug":"military-disability-cannot-be-divided-by-texas-divorce-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/military-disability-cannot-be-divided-by-texas-divorce-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Military Disability Cannot Be Divided by Texas Divorce Court"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iStock-543681178\"Under federal law, a court may not treat military disability benefits as community property for purposes of property distribution in a Texas divorce case. A husband recently<\/a> challenged the property distribution in his divorce decree, arguing the court had improperly divided a portion of his military disability benefits.<\/p>\n

Trial Court Divides Husband’s Military Retirement Benefits<\/h2>\n

The wife petitioned for divorce and sought a majority of the community assets.\u00a0 The court granted the divorce on grounds of insupportability and adultery. \u00a0The decree gave the wife 55% of the husband\u2019s disposable military retired pay, attorney\u2019s fees, and conditional appellate attorney\u2019s fees. The husband appealed.<\/p>\n

The husband contended the 55% of his disposable military retired pay awarded to the wife erroneously included disability payments. The wife, however, argued the award did not include disability benefits and the decree had specifically awarded him his \u201cVA Disability and Social Security Disability benefits\u201d as separate property.<\/p>\n

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Under federal law, a court may not treat military disability benefits as community property for purposes of property distribution in a Texas divorce case. A husband recently challenged the property distribution in his divorce decree, arguing the court had improperly divided a portion of his military disability benefits. 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