Howell v. Howell

Howell v. Howell
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 15, 2017
Full case name	Howell v. Howell
Docket no.	15-1031
Citations	581 U.S. ___ ( more )
Holding
A state court may not order a veteran to indemnify a divorced spouse for the loss in the divorced spouse's portion of the veteran's retirement pay caused by the veteran's waiver of retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits.
Court membership
Chief Justice John Roberts Associate Justices Anthony Kennedy  · Clarence Thomas Ruth Bader Ginsburg  · Stephen Breyer Samuel Alito  · Sonia Sotomayor Elena Kagan  · Neil Gorsuch
Case opinion
Majority	Breyer, joined by unanimous
Gorsuch took no part in the consideration or decision of the case.

Howell v. Howell, 581 U.S. ___ (2017), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the court held that a state court may not order a veteran to indemnify a divorced spouse for the loss in the divorced spouse's portion of the veteran's retirement pay caused by the veteran's waiver of retirement pay to receive service-related disability benefits. ^{[1] [2]}

References

1. Howell v. Howell,No. 15-1031 , 581 U.S. ___(2017).
2. "Opinion analysis: Unanimous court rules for veteran in family law case". SCOTUSblog. May 15, 2017. Retrieved December 4, 2024.

External links

• Text of Howell v. Howell,No. 15-1031, 581 U.S. ___(2017) is available from: Justia

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