Ex Parte Burson

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that Texas courts cannot expressly or impliedly prohibit retired service member from unilaterally waiving some or all of his “disposable retired pay” after divorce in exchange for VA benefits
• holding Burson could not be held in contempt for sheltering his disability income from alimony payments by electing to waive his Air Force disability, which was community property, in favor of VA disability, which was not
• referring to \Air Force disability retirement pay\ as \military retirement pay\
• referring to “Air Force disability retirement pay” as “military retirement pay”
• “Veterans Administration benefits . . . are not property.”
• \Veterans Administration benefits... are not property.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).