{"id":2575,"date":"2023-01-24T20:30:50","date_gmt":"2023-01-25T02:30:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/?p=2575"},"modified":"2023-01-08T20:34:50","modified_gmt":"2023-01-09T02:34:50","slug":"texas-trial-court-lacks-jurisdiction-to-correct-errors-in-retirement-division-years-after-decree","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mcclure-lawgroup.com\/blog\/texas-trial-court-lacks-jurisdiction-to-correct-errors-in-retirement-division-years-after-decree\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Correct Errors in Retirement Division Years After Decree"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"iStock-543681178-300x200\"A final and unambiguous Texas divorce decree that disposes of all of the marital property generally may not be relitigated.\u00a0 The Texas Family Code allows the trial court to keep continuing subject matter jurisdiction to clarify and enforce the property division, but it cannot change or modify it.\u00a0 In a recent case, a wife challenged<\/a> an order purporting to clarify the division of the husband\u2019s military retirement nearly 25 years after the divorce.<\/p>\n

The parties divorced in 1996.\u00a0 In the decree, the trial court found they were married for at least 18 years and 11 months and the husband had served at least 13 years and 9 months \u201cof creditable service toward retirement.\u201d<\/p>\n

Trial Court Awards Wife 50% of Husband’s Military Retirement<\/h3>\n

The trial court awarded the wife \u201c[a]ll right, title, and interest in and to fifty (50) percent of [the husband\u2019s military] disposable retired or retainer pay\u201d and 50% of all increases in the disposable retirement or retainer pay. The husband served for several more years.<\/p>\n

Continue Reading \u203a<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A final and unambiguous Texas divorce decree that disposes of all of the marital property generally may not be relitigated.\u00a0 The Texas Family Code allows the trial court to keep continuing subject matter jurisdiction to clarify and enforce the property division, but it cannot change or modify it.\u00a0 In a recent case, a wife challenged […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":2090,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[56,258,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-military","category-modification","category-separate-property"],"yoast_head":"\nTexas Trial Court Lacks Jurisdiction to Correct Errors in Retirement Division Years After Decree — Texas Divorce Attorney Blog — January 24, 2023<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A final and unambiguous Texas divorce 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