Supreme Court of Texas

A divorce decree awarded the non-employee spouse a percentage of the total amount of the benefits on the date of retirement, as opposed to a specific percentage of the retirement benefits valued at the date of divorce.

Appellate Information

• Argued 04/24/2002
• Decided 06/27/2003
• Published 06/27/2003

Judges

• Justice O'NEILL delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Chief Justice PHILLIPS, Justice HECHT, Justice OWEN, and Justice SMITH joined.

Court

• Supreme Court of Texas

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Shawn Casey and Rita Miller Fason, Houston, for Petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard N. Countiss, Countiss Law Firm, Robert C. Kuehm, Houston, for Respondent.