Howell v. Howell
| Howell v. Howell | |
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| 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 | |
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| 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.