Service members from Montgomery, Tennessee, put their lives on the line whenever they leave their families behind to serve the country. Spouses, on the other hand, single-handedly juggle all the household chores and raise the children whenever their military partners...
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Military Divorce
Military divorce rates declined slightly in 2012
Montgomery-area military families' lives face disruption every time service members are deployed to overseas combat zones. Repeated deployments create considerable family distress, which sometimes leads to military divorce. For the first time in a decade, however, the...
Impact of a military divorce on military personnel
Military personnel often face deployment to other countries like Iraq and Afghanistan. They may also be assigned to drills and training to improve their skills in combat. Being in the military can be very fulfilling but it can also affect soldiers' relationships with...
Soldier faces child custody battle over a 21-month-old baby
People who work for the military are often posted to other countries, such as Afghanistan and Iraq, and must endure long periods of time away from their children and spouses. In South Carolina, some families, in which one spouse is in the service, are accustomed to...
Military divorce in Tennessee may not be due to infidelity
Residents of Tennessee know that people who are in the military service can be deployed to different places. Deployment may take a long time and family members are left at home to wait until they come back. Long separations may introduce factors that can weaken the...
Court: retirement pay exempt from alimony in military divorce
Military divorce cases tend to be more challenging than civilian divorces for several reasons, including the logistical issues associated with overseas deployments, the special regulations concerning child support, and the treatment/allocation of military health care,...
Military child custody proposal gains momentum in Nashville
Two questions: First, should men and women who serve in the U.S. military be penalized in child custody cases because of deployments that are beyond their control? Second, should a servicemember from Tennessee have the same basic rights and protections in a child...
Are veteran’s disability benefits fair game in a divorce?
Yes and no. In Tennessee and virtually every other state, family courts are allowed to include veteran's disability benefits in calculating child support and spousal support payments in a divorce. The authority for this practice stems from the U.S. Supreme Court...
Servicemember facing bigamy charges, wife still seeking divorce
Military divorce cases tend to be more complicated than "ordinary" Tennessee divorces for several reasons. In some situations, for example, the logistical problems inherent with trying to legally end the marriage of two people who are currently living on different...
Protecting the child custody rights of military members
Service in the armed forces is a noble and honorable calling. Yet a quick look at the steady rise in the military divorce rate over the past decade suggests just how hard military life can be on marriages. What those numbers don't begin to show, however, is just how...
