As mentioned in my prior blog post, the U.S. Supreme Court was considering two petitions concerning the issue of disposition of disabled veterans’ benefits in marital property settlements consequent to divorce. I have a case pending in the Michigan Supreme Court addressing this very issue, in which I noted the potential for grants in the U.S. Supreme Court.
On December 2, 2016, two days after filing the application in the Michigan Supreme Court, SCOTUS granted the petition in the case of Howell v. Howell. We filed supplemental authority pleadings in the Michigan Supreme Court to put it on notice that the Supreme Court of the United States appears poised to decide the issue.
Read our notice of supplemental authority, which includes the Howell Petition, and the Supreme Court’s docket notating the December 2 grant.
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