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Date: 05-18-2022
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Case Number: 113,103
Judge: C. William Ossmann
Court: District Court, Shawnee County, Kanaas
Plaintiff's Attorney: Jeff Leiker
Defendant's Attorney: Mike Riling
Description: Topeka, Kansas family law lawyers represented Petitioner and Respondent in a divorce case in which army retirement benefits was a issue.
his case concerns a challenge to a divorce decree entered more
than 20 years ago. The 1994 decree divided the husband's "army retirement benefits" as
marital property, awarding the wife "25% of Husband's army retirement benefits, as her
sole and separate property." The husband now asks this court to determine the district
court lacked jurisdiction to divide his military retirement benefits pursuant to the
Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA), 10 U.S.C. § 1408 et seq.
(2012), and to reverse the district court's award of attorney fees.
Outcome: Affirmed on appeal.
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