Direct Payment of Vested Firemen’s Relief and Retirement Fund Benefits to Non-Member Spouse on Division of Community Property Pursuant to Divorce is Permissible

Analyses the Texas Court of Civil Appeals for Beaumont’s case Collida v. Collida. The court in this case held that, upon divorce, a spouse was entitle to one-half of the other spouse’s interest in a “Firemen’s Relief and Retirement Fund,” over objections that fund’s spendthrift provision applied. Direct payments will help ensure that the nonmember will receive the benefits to which he or she is entitled.