The former military spouse blog became a place for current military spouses and former military spouses to learn more about USFSPA proposals taking place across the U.S. and the division of retirement pay in military divorces. We’ve since expanded to include a mixture of legal issues, divorced...
The author concludes that the retained jurisdiction approach should be used and describes what portion of the military retirement pay the former spouse should receive and when he or she should receive it. The author also concludes that military disability pay should not be divisible. But, when a...
However, it doesn’t decided if a former spouse recieves any portion of pay; that is still decide by state courts. So, this law is more aboutwhopays the ex-spouse and not aboutifthe ex-spouse gets paid. Dividing Retirement Pay Once you’ve served 20 years and areeligible for retiremen...
Effective immediately, Marines must submit their requests for retirement not more than 18 months and not less than six months before the day they would like to retire. Previously, they had to submit their requests not more than 14 months and not less than four months out, according to the s...
Another unique aspect of military divorce concerns the division of military retirement pay. TheUniform Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA)has provided guidance to both the military and state courts on how to treat a military member’s retirement pay. Although the specific treatment of ...
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If the court appoints a bridge-the-gap alimony type, then the military spouse is requested to pay their former spouse for up to 2 years. The rehabilitative alimony is appointed for a certain amount of time which depends on the former spouse’s ability to get the necessary employment skills ...
The former spouse of a service member is not automatically eligible to a portion of the military retirement pension under the USFSPA, this must be determined and ordered during the divorce. This is why it is vitally important to speak with your Chicago military divorce lawyer early in the ...
There are two important considerations for a TSP when going through a divorce as a member of our military or as a military spouse. First, you will want to ensure that you equitably divide the Thrift Savings Plan in addition to the basic retirement pay. Second, when calculating child support...
If you select a coverage level % which results in less than $300 of your retirement pay being the base amount, $300 will be used. - Calculation is based on coverage for Spouse (not Child or Spouse&Child) Note: Currently this app DOES NOT calculate Blended Retirement System (BRS) ...