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CourtListener opinion 1494072

Date unknown · US

Extracted case name
pending
Extracted reporter citation
888 S.W.2d 130
Docket / number
13-93-423-CV
QDRO relevance 5/5Retirement relevance 5/5Family-law relevance 5/5gold label pending
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Machine-draft public headnote: CourtListener opinion 1494072 is included in the LexyCorpus QDRO sample set as a public CourtListener opinion with relevance to QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues. The current annotation is conservative: it identifies source provenance, relevance signals, and evidence quotes for attorney/agent retrieval. It is not a Willie-approved legal headnote yet.

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Category: QDRO procedure / domestic relations order issues

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QDRO

BERTO HINOJOSA, Justice. Appellant appeals from a divorce decree signed and entered by the trial court subsequent to an oral pronouncement from the bench. By one point of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in entering the divorce decree and qualified domestic relations order since the two instruments did not comport with the oral rendition of judgment. We affirm. In December 1991, Rebecca Cook filed for divorce from her husband, William Cook. On July 30, 1992, the trial court executed a temporary order which superseded two prior temporary orders until further order of the court. During the divorce trial, the parties stipulate

retirement benefits

divorce from her husband, William Cook. On July 30, 1992, the trial court executed a temporary order which superseded two prior temporary orders until further order of the court. During the divorce trial, the parties stipulated that 42% of Mr. Cook's federal retirement benefits constituted his separate property and the remaining 58% constituted community property. At the close of the trial, the trial court announced that it would render a decision on January 29, 1992. After a postponement, the court orally announced its ruling on February 11, 1993. The trial court granted the divorce and divided the property and debts owned by

domestic relations order

JOSA, Justice. Appellant appeals from a divorce decree signed and entered by the trial court subsequent to an oral pronouncement from the bench. By one point of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in entering the divorce decree and qualified domestic relations order since the two instruments did not comport with the oral rendition of judgment. We affirm. In December 1991, Rebecca Cook filed for divorce from her husband, William Cook. On July 30, 1992, the trial court executed a temporary order which superseded two prior temporary orders until further order of the court. During the divorce trial, the parties stipulate

valuation/division

mporary order which superseded two prior temporary orders until further order of the court. During the divorce trial, the parties stipulated that 42% of Mr. Cook's federal retirement benefits constituted his separate property and the remaining 58% constituted community property. At the close of the trial, the trial court announced that it would render a decision on January 29, 1992. After a postponement, the court orally announced its ruling on February 11, 1993. The trial court granted the divorce and divided the property and debts owned by the parties. Among her other awards, Mrs. Cook received 60% of the community interest in

Source and provenance

Source type
courtlistener_qdro_opinion_full_text
Permissions posture
public
Generated status
machine draft public v0
Review status
gold label pending
Jurisdiction metadata
US
Deterministic extraction
reporter: 888 S.W.2d 130 · docket: 13-93-423-CV
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May 14, 2026

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Clean opinion text

888 S.W.2d 130 (1994) 
 William K. COOK, Appellant, 
v. 
Rebecca M. COOK, Appellee. 
 No. 13-93-423-CV. 
 Court of Appeals of Texas, Corpus Christi. 
 October 28, 1994. 
 Thomas B. Foster, Jr., James F. Tyson, Houston, for appellant. 
 Joel A. Nass, Nass & Brown, Marchris G. Robinson, Chamberlain, Hrdlicka & White, Houston, for appellee. 
 Before KENNEDY, GILBERTO HINOJOSA, and YAÑEZ, JJ. 
 
 OPINION 
 GILBERTO HINOJOSA, Justice. 
 Appellant appeals from a divorce decree signed and entered by the trial court subsequent to an oral pronouncement from the bench. By one point of error, appellant asserts that the trial court erred in entering the divorce decree and qualified domestic relations order since the two instruments did not comport with the oral rendition of judgment. We affirm. 
 In December 1991, Rebecca Cook filed for divorce from her husband, William Cook. On July 30, 1992, the trial court executed a temporary order which superseded two prior temporary orders until further order of the court. During the divorce trial, the parties stipulated that 42% of Mr. Cook's federal retirement benefits constituted his separate property and the remaining 58% constituted community property. At the close of the trial, the trial court announced that it would render a decision on January 29, 1992. 
 After a postponement, the court orally announced its ruling on February 11, 1993. The trial court granted the divorce and divided the property and debts owned by the parties. Among her other awards, Mrs. Cook received 60% of the community interest in Mr. Cook's U.S. Civil Service Panama *131 Canal Commission retirement benefits. Thus