If you're a single parent serving in the armed forces, or if both you and your spouse are service members, you need to create a "family care plan" that maps out how your children will receive care in the event of your deployment. As a part of your military family care...
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Military divorce and separation agreements
As an alternative to divorce, military service members might want to draft and sign a separation agreement. There are two kinds of separation agreements -- one involves couples entering into an out-of-court agreement and another that involves a court order and court...
Military family law: When children are born abroad
Any child born to a U.S. citizen will also receive citizenship, even if the child is born overseas on a military base. However, when it comes to military parents and their children born overseas, they usually have questions about how citizenship works. In this...
Can I have primary custody of my kids as a military member?
There's a false idea floating around about child custody as it applies to military parents. It's that military service members cannot maintain primary custody of their children. This is not true. As long as you create a shared parenting plan that honors the needs of...
Supreme Court ruling lets veteran pay less money to ex-spouse
A disabled veteran won a U.S. Supreme Court case last month. The ruling means that his ex-wife will receive less in military retirement benefits each month. The ruling could also affect other disabled veterans when it comes to how much of their retirement pensions...
The unique challenges faced by military couples
In virtually every Tennessee divorce, the most important issues for consideration boil down to money and children. When it's a military divorce, the long deployments and constant moving around cause child- and money-related issues to create even higher levels of...
Calculating the distribution of a military retirement in divorce
When a military servicemember and his or her spouse get a divorce, the spouse will have the right to receive a share of the servicemember's retirement benefits in many cases. As such, most servicemembers and their spouses will want to gain a deeper understanding of...
Happy 2017 and welcome to divorce season
Welcome to 2017, and after the party confetti is cleaned up off the ground and the empty bottles thrown away, welcome to divorce season too. Every January is when the most divorces are filed each year. In fact, a spokesperson for the American Academy of Matrimonial...
Military divorce: Pensions and benefits
Civilian retirement benefits are subject to division in a divorce. So too are military pensions. The Uniform Services Former Spouses' Protection Act states that courts can divide military retirement pay as community or sole property. However, the USFSPA does not offer...
Tennessee military divorce proceedings for overseas soldiers
American soldiers who are serving their country overseas have so much to worry about -- like keeping their fellow soldiers safe, keeping themselves safe and keeping their wits about them to perform their duties clearly and effectively. Throwing divorce proceedings...