Emery Albert Seeley v. Anna Maria Pangoni Seeley

This is an appeal from a judgment in a divorce suit which awarded appellee Anna Maria Pagoni Seeley 44% of the husbands military retirement pay. Appellant, Sergeant Emery Albert Seeley, a professional soldier, was stationed at the time of suit in Germany. A special appearance was filed by appellant, pursuant to Tex. R. Civ. P. Ann. 120a (Supp. 1985). In his motion, appellant alleged that his legal domicile was in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, and that neither his person nor his property outside Texas were amenable to process in this State. The trial court granted the divorce, awarded appellee all the community property in Texas. The trial court ruled that it had jurisdiction to divide appellants military retirement.