Unanimous Court Rules for Veteran in Family Law Case – SCOTUS Blog

This week, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously in favor a veteran in Howell v. Howell. The Court held that if a divorced veteran waives part of his or her retirement pay to receive disability benefits instead, a state court cannot order the veteran to make up the difference for lost payments that his or her spouse would have received if the veterans had continued receiving retirement pay. Read more.