Clarksville, Tennessee, residents may agree that for the most part, a service member's life differs from that of a civilian. However, when it comes to familial issues, many military personnel and their families experience the same set of challenges as a civilian...
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Military Divorce
What is the Uniform Deployed Parents Custody and Visitation Act?
With active deployment and regular relocations an inevitability in the military, life is difficult for Tennessee military personnel and their spouses. As a result, many marriages end in divorce. One major concern is child custody. Many child custody disputes involving...
What is the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act?
Due to the nearby United States Army's Fort Campbell installation, the area around Clarksville, Tennessee, is home to many military families. Like civilian families, many couples in the military have marital issues, which can lead to divorce. The Uniformed Services...
Service members’ husbands lack support; divorce rates rise
People of Montgomery, Tennessee should be aware of the numerous compromises that members of the United States military make in order to ensure the safety of the country. In many cases, while the service members are able protect the country from danger, they are unable...
Is military divorce to blame for high divorce rates?
Residents of Montgomery, Tennessee, or their spouses, who have served in the military, may be aware that divorce in the military is not the same as divorce among civilians. In addition to typical asset division, alimony, child custody and child support arrangements, a...
Military Divorce among women down but not out yet
For Tennessee armed forces personnel, an irretrievable breakdown of their marriage can be just as distressing as for their fellow civilians. While a military divorce may not always be more complicated than a civilian one, there are still a set of separate laws and...
Military divorce in Tennessee has legal, personal dimensions
Servicemembers and their families here in Montgomery know that military life is different than civilian life in numerous ways. For example, when one spouse is on active duty and deployed, the challenges faced by the spouse remaining home are unique. In the same vain,...
Government shutdown affects survivor benefits
When a soldier is killed during deployment or during active duty, survivor benefits are crucial for the surviving spouse because they often rely on those benefits to maintain their lives, especially if the have children. But those benefits have been affected by the...
Increase in military divorces for those deployed
Married couples in Tennessee understand that some marriages fail because one spouse is not around often due to their occupations. For military couples, this might be due to the spouse being deployed for an extended period of time. This time apart could be the reason...
Military benefits can complicate a divorce settlement
Military couples based in and around Fort Campbell here in Tennessee know very well the strains that service and active deployment can put on a relationship. Sometimes one or both partners may decide to go their separate ways, but when they do, there are issues they...
