Gloria Jean Reiss, Petitioner v. Edwin F. Reiss, Respondent

Summary

The Texas Supreme Court held that the 1980 divorce decree unambiguously granted Gloria Reiss fifty percent of Edwin Reiss's total retirement benefits, reversing the Court of Appeals and directing that she receive that share. The Court also concluded that the decree was not void for lack of jurisdiction and that res judicata bars any collateral attack. Justice Jefferson dissented, arguing the decree only covered the community portion of the benefits.