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      "Roberta Z. FENNEY v. William C. FENNEY"
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        "text": "Conley Byrd, Justice.\nAppellant Roberta Z. Fenney having been granted a divorce from appellee William C. Fenney appeals from the trial court\u2019s holding that she was not entitled to one-third of her husband\u2019s Air Force retirement pay. We affirm the trial court.\nArk. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 34-1214 (Repl. 1962) provides that a wife who is granted a divorce \u201cshall be entitled to one-third [1/3] of the husband\u2019s personal property absolutely, and one-third [1 /3] of all the lands whereof her husband was seized of an estate of inheritance at any time during the marriage for her life, ...\u201d\nWe do not consider the right to receive retirement pay from the armed forces to be personal property within the meaning of Ark. Stat. Ann. \u00a7 34-1214, supra. The right to a pension and retirement pay, not yet due and payable, cannot be assigned, sold, transferred, conveyed or pledged. See In re Marriage of Ellis, 538 P. 2d 1347 (Colo. App. 1975).\nAppellant relies upon cases from community property states, such as Ramsey v. Ramsey, 96 Idaho 672, 535 P. 2d 53 (1975), and Miser v. Miser, 475 S.W. 2d 597 (Tex. Civ. App. 1971), to support her position. For the reasons stated in In re Marriage of Ellis, supra, we do not find the decisions from the community property states to be persuasive. In effect, the community property jurisdictions treat armed forces\u2019 retirement pay as alimony; otherwise, it is not collectible, 42 U.S.C. \u00a7 659 (Supp. IV, 1974).\nAffirmed.",
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    "attorneys": [
      "Carpenter, Finch & Dishongh, for appellant.",
      "Wayne R. Foster, for appellee."
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    "head_matter": "Roberta Z. FENNEY v. William C. FENNEY\n76-51\n537 S.W. 2d 367\nOpinion delivered June 7, 1976\n[Rehearing denied July 6, 1976.]\nCarpenter, Finch & Dishongh, for appellant.\nWayne R. Foster, for appellee."
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