Case Title: Warner v. Warner

Citation: 651 So. 2d 1339

Docket Number: 95-C-0057

State: louisiana

Court: Louisiana Supreme Court

Date: 1995-03-10T00:00:00Z

Document:
651 So. 2d 1339 (1995) Cliff WARNER, Sr. v. Mary Price WARNER. No. 95-C-0057. Supreme Court of Louisiana. March 10, 1995. *1340 PER CURIAM: Writ granted. Trial court and court of appeal judgments reversed. The issue is whether a spouse married less than ten years is entitled to an interest in the other spouse's military pension. The federal statute, 10 U.S.C. § 1408(d)(2) provides: The ten-year requirement in 10 U.S.C. § 1408(d)(2) only applies to military retirement pay paid directly by the Secretary to the former spouse. See Oxelgren v. Oxelgren, 670 S.W.2d 411 (Tex.App.1984); Matter of Marriage of Wood, 66 Or.App. 941, 676 P.2d 338 (1984); Konzen v. Konzen, 103 Wash. 2d 470, 693 P.2d 97 (1985), cert. denied 473 U.S. 906, 105 S. Ct. 3530, 87 L. Ed. 2d 654 (1985); In re Marriage of Beltran, 227 Cal. Rptr. 924, 183 Cal. App. 3d 292 (1986); Parker v. Parker, 750 P.2d 1313 (Wyo.1988); Scott v. Scott, 519 So. 2d 351 (La.App.2d Cir.1988); Carranza v. Carranza, 765 S.W.2d 32 (Ky. App.1989); Warren v. Warren, 563 N.E.2d 633 (Ind.App.1990); DeLoach v. DeLoach, 590 So. 2d 956 (Fla.App.1991); King v. King, 78 Ohio App.3d 599, 605 N.E.2d 970 (1992); Cook v. Cook, 18 Va.App. 726, 446 S.E.2d 894 (1994). The divorced wife, Mary Price Warner, is recognized as a proportionate owner of her former husband's future retirement pay. She is entitled to a percentage of one-half of his retirement pay. The percentage is to be calculated by the number of military marriage years relative to the total length of military service. See Bullock v. Bullock, 354 N.W.2d 904 (N.D.1984). For the foregoing reasons, the judgments of the trial court and the court of appeal 646 So. 2d 1262, are reversed and judgment is rendered recognizing Mary Price Warner as a proportionate owner of one-half of her husband's military retirement plan. Her percentage interest in one-half of his pension is the number of military marriage years relative to the total length of military service. REVERSED AND RENDERED. DENNIS, J., not on panel.