George Payton Shanks, Petitioner v. Kenda Carolyn (shanks) Treadway, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court affirmed the Court of Appeals' judgment, holding that the 1981 divorce decree unambiguously granted Kenda Treadway a twenty‑five percent interest in George Shanks' total retirement benefits and that the trial court lacked authority to alter that substantive division via a QDRO.