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He characterizes this payment requirement as “permanent maintenance.” However, a divorce court may order a spouse to make post-decree payments for the benefit of his former spouse for life if such payments “are directly re *16 ferable to the rights and equities of the parties in community property at the time of divorce.” Siefkas v. Siefkas, 902 S.W.2d 72, 75 (Tex.App.-El Paso 1995, no writ); accord McBean v. McBean, 371 S.W.2d 930, 932 (Tex.Civ.App.-Waco 1963, no writ) (required monthly post-divorce insurance premium payments do not constitute improper “permanent alimony”); Bunker…
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George M. BUNKER
v.
Annielieze BUNKER
No. 13655.
Court of Appeals of Texas.
Sep 14, 1960.
338 S.W.2d 770
T. P. Hull, San Antonio, for appellant., Morrison, Dittmar, Dahlgren & Kaine, San Antonio, for appellee.
Pope.
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POPE, Justice.

Annielieze Bunker sued George M. Bunker and recovered the sum of $900 due her under a property settlement agreement which was incorporated into the final decree in a prior divorce action. He has appealed on the sole contention that Texas does not permit permanent alimony. Our former opinion explained that the divorce decree did not order Bunker to pay support, but ordered him to pay his former wife the sum of $300 per month during her life in settlement of her substantial community property rights. Bunker v. Bunker, 336 S.W.2d 751; accord, Wilmeth v. Wilmeth, Tex.Civ.App., 311 S.W.2d 292. The judgment was proper. Wilson v. Woolf, Tex.Civ.App., 274 S.W. 2d 154.

Affirmed.