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HOWELL v. HOWELL

No. 15-1031.

137 S.Ct. 1400 (2017)

581 U.S. 214

John HOWELL, Petitioner v. Sandra HOWELL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 15, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Adam G. Unikowsky, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Charles W. Wirken, Phoenix, AZ, for Respondent.

Ilana H. Eisenstein, for the United States as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the respondent.

Keith Berkshire, Berkshire Law Office, Phoenix, AZ, Adam G. Unikowsky, Emma P. Simson, Jenner & Block LLP, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.

Charles W. Wirken, Gust Rosenfeld, PLC, Phoenix, AZ, for Respondent.

A federal statute provides that a State may treat as community property, and divide at divorce, a military veteran's retirement pay. See 10 U.S.C. § 1408(c)(1). The statute, however, exempts from this grant of permission any amount that the Government deducts "as a result of a waiver" that...

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