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A practical guide through the unique and difficult issues involved when a pst or current service member divorces.

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• About the Author(p. xvii)
• Acknowledgments(p. xix)
• Introduction(p. xxi)
• Chapter 1 Starting the Case(p. 1)
• 1.01 The Challenge of Locating Military Personnel(p. 1)
• Strategies and "Detective Work"(p. 1)
• Worldwide Military Locators(p. 3)
• 1.02 Facilitating Child Support Casework(p. 8)
• 1.03 Serving Military Personnel(p. 10)
• Service by Mail(p. 12)
• Service on Base(p. 14)
• Substituted Service(p. 18)
• 1.04 Service Abroad(p. 19)
• Hague Service-An Overview(p. 22)
• Service of Process in Germany on Servicemembers and Dependents(p. 24)
• Service of Process in Italy on Servicemembers and Dependents(p. 29)
• Service of Process in the United Kingdom on Servicemembers and Dependents(p. 29)
• Service of Process in Japan on Servicemembers and Dependents(p. 31)
• Service of Process in South Korea on Servicemembers and Dependents(p. 33)
• Service of Process in a Combat Zone or Elsewhere(p. 33)
• 1.05 Client Questions(p. 33)
• 1.06 Translations(p. 33)
• 1.07 Obtaining Evidence Abroad(p. 34)
• Appendix 1-A Air Force Information as to Service on Base and Abroad: Talking Paper on Service of Process on Air Force Installations(p. 37)
• Appendix 1-B State Department Advisory on Service of Legal Documents Abroad(p. 43)
• Appendix 1-C The Hague Service Convention (in Germany and Elsewhere)(p. 55)
• Appendix 1-D State Department Advisory on Service of Process in Germany(p. 56)
• Appendix 1-E State Department Advisory on Service of Process in Italy(p. 63)
• Appendix 1-F State Department Advisory on Service of Process in the United Kingdom(p. 70)
• Appendix 1-G State Department Advisory on Service of Process in Japan(p. 76)
• Appendix 1-H State Department Advisory on Service of Process in South Korea(p. 86)
• Appendix 1-I Explaining Service of Process to Your Client(p. 90)
• Chapter 2 The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act(p. 93)
• 2.01 Introduction(p. 93)
• 2.02 Stay of Proceedings(p. 94)
• Verifying Military Status(p. 95)
• Deciding a Stay Request(p. 96)
• A Gap in the SCRA(p. 98)
• Length of Stay and Appointed Counsel(p. 99)
• 2.03 Default Judgments(p. 101)
• Requirements for the Moving Party(p. 104)
• Execution of Judgments(p. 105)
• 2.04 Opposing a Stay Request(p. 105)
• 2.05 The Child Support Case(p. 108)
• 2.06 Inquiring into "Material Effect"(p. 110)
• 2.07 The Danger of Conclusory Statements(p. 112)
• 2.08 Contested Claims and Stages(p. 113)
• 2.09 Discovery and the Stay Request(p. 114)
• 2.10 Guidelines for the Judge(p. 117)
• 2.11 Good Faith(p. 121)
• 2.12 Prevention of Problems(p. 121)
• 2.13 Other Provisions of the SCRA(p. 122)
• 2.14 Internet Resources(p. 124)
• 2.15 Conclusion(p. 125)
• Appendix 2-A Sample Motion for Stay of Proceedings under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA)(p. 127)
• Appendix 2-B SCRA Flow Chart on Stay of Proceedings (No Appearance by Servicemember)(p. 130)
• Appendix 2-C SCRA Flow Chart for "Additional Stay"(p. 131)
• Chapter 3 Custody and Visitation(p. 133)
• 3.01 Custody and the SCRA(p. 133)
• Military Custodian Entitled to a Stay of Proceedings(p. 133)
• Noncustodial Servicemember Entitled to Stay(p. 136)
• Conduct of the Nonmilitary Parent(p. 138)
• Conduct of the Military Parent(p. 139)
• 3.02 Mobilization and the Military Parent(p. 141)
• Mobilization Cases(p. 143)
• Temporary Custody Trumps SCRA(p. 144)
• Temporary Custody Trumps SCRA and Family Care Plan(p. 145)
• Custody through Power of Attorney(p. 148)
• Is There an Emergency?(p. 149)
• 3.03 Mobilization and Deployment-Clauses to Consider(p. 150)
• 3.04 Jurisdictional Concerns(p. 151)
• 3.05 Additional Jurisdictional Considerations(p. 153)
• 3.06 Testimony and Evidence in Interstate Cases(p. 155)
• Inconvenient Forum(p. 155)
• 3.07 Custody for the Servicemember(p. 156)
• Custody for the Servicemember and Deployment(p. 160)
• 3.08 Military Visitation(p. 162)
• Planning for Long-Distance Visitation(p. 163)
• Enforcement of Visitation Rights and Access(p. 164)
• Delegation of Visitation Rights(p. 165)
• 3.09 Family Care Plans(p. 166)
• 3.10 Obtaining Health Records(p. 170)
• 3.11 Obtaining Educational Records(p. 175)
• 3.12 Early Return/Advance Return of Dependents(p. 176)
• Return of Children from Overseas: Regulations(p. 177)
• The Army Regulation(p. 178)
• Other Parental Kidnapping Remedies(p. 181)
• Foreign and Domestic Jurisdiction(p. 182)
• The Hague Convention and International Abduction(p. 184)
• Consent to Removal(p. 189)
• 3.13 Instituting Suit for Custody Overseas(p. 189)
• Foreign Country Custody Orders and American Courts(p. 190)
• Appendix 3-A Department of Defense Dependents Schools DODDS 22(p. 193)
• Appendix 3-B Department of Defense Dependents Schools DODDS 26(p. 198)
• Chapter 4 Family Support(p. 201)
• 4.01 Introduction(p. 201)
• 4.02 Paternity Issues(p. 204)
• Paternity and Estoppel(p. 204)
• Tissue Tests(p. 206)
• Trial and Proof(p. 207)
• Welfare Reform Act(p. 208)
• Military Paternity Regulations(p. 209)
• 4.03 Family Support(p. 210)
• Child Support: Monetary Amount(p. 211)
• Military Guidelines When There Is No Order(p. 211)
• Air Force Rules(p. 212)
• Marine Corps Rules(p. 213)
• Navy Rules(p. 214)
• Coast Guard Rules(p. 215)
• Army Rules-Overview(p. 215)
• 4.04 Figuring Support-BAQ, VHA, and Now ... BAH!(p. 217)
• 4.05 Court Orders and Interim Support(p. 218)
• 4.06 Remedies and Methods of Payment(p. 221)
• 4.07 The Nonsupport Complaint Letter: A Low-Cost Remedy(p. 221)
• 4.08 Mobilization and Support(p. 222)
• 4.09 Expediting the Hearing for the Servicemember(p. 224)
• 4.10 Calculating Child Support(p. 227)
• The Value of the LES(p. 228)
• What Is Income?(p. 229)
• Converting Nontaxable to Taxable Income(p. 233)
• Guard and Reserve Pay(p. 236)
• Medical Expenses(p. 236)
• 4.11 Overview of Military Medical Benefits(p. 236)
• Benefits for Family Members(p. 237)
• Other TRICARE Benefits(p. 239)
• Transitional Health Care(p. 240)
• Children's Medical Coverage(p. 242)
• Other Health Care Coverage(p. 243)
• Health Care Definitions(p. 244)
• Deadlines and Logistics(p. 247)
• Allocation of Child Support(p. 249)
• 4.12 Life Insurance(p. 250)
• 4.13 Variances and Visitation(p. 254)
• 4.14 Long-Distance Visitation(p. 255)
• 4.15 Military Child Support and UIFSA(p. 257)
• 4.16 Garnishment Overview(p. 259)
• Garnishment Procedures(p. 260)
• Requests for Payroll Information of Servicemembers(p. 263)
• 4.17 Inexpensive Enforcement: The Involuntary Allotment(p. 264)
• 4.18 Support Enforcement against Military Retirees(p. 266)
• 4.19 Alimony Overview(p. 267)
• Basic Facts and Law(p. 267)
• An Alimony Template(p. 268)
• Advising about Alimony(p. 269)
• How Much Alimony?(p. 270)
• Spousal Medical Expenses and Coverage(p. 271)
• When Does Alimony End?(p. 273)
• Waiver of Alimony(p. 274)
• Conditional Payment of Alimony(p. 274)
• How to Reserve Alimony(p. 274)
• 4.20 Spousal Support-Avoiding Nonsupport Complaint Letters(p. 275)
• Appendix 4-A Proving Paternity by Presumption and Preclusion(p. 277)
• Appendix 4-B Army Support Flow Chart, Single Soldier(p. 278)
• Appendix 4-C Army Support Flow Chart, Married Soldier(p. 279)
• Appendix 4-D Army Client Handout on Nonsupport(p. 280)
• Appendix 4-E Sample Army Nonsupport Letter(p. 283)
• Appendix 4-F Reading a Leave-and-Earnings Statement(p. 284)
• Appendix 4-G Sample Leave-and-Earnings Statements(p. 292)
• Appendix 4-H Military Child Support and UIFSA Outline(p. 299)
• Appendix 4-I Child Support Enforcement Abroad(p. 300)
• Appendix 4-J U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Administration for Children and Families-Office of Child Support Enforcement Information Memorandum IM-98-03(p. 301)
• Appendix 4-K Application for Former Spouse Payments from Retired Pay (DD Form 2293)(p. 303)
• Appendix 4-L Sample Involuntary Allotment Letter(p. 305)
• Chapter 5 Domestic Violence(p. 307)
• 5.01 Introduction(p. 307)
• 5.02 Civil and Criminal Remedies under State Law(p. 308)
• 5.03 Military Remedies(p. 312)
• The Family Advocacy Program(p. 313)
• Command Responses(p. 316)
• 5.04 Firearm Possession Problems(p. 318)
• 5.05 Transitional Compensation(p. 324)
• 5.06 Military Pension Division(p. 330)
• 5.07 Conclusion(p. 331)
• Chapter 6 Divorce(p. 333)
• 6.01 Introduction(p. 333)
• 6.02 What Is Domicile?(p. 333)
• Domicile Protection for Servicemembers(p. 335)
• Changing One's Domicile(p. 336)
• The Importance of Domicile in Divorce Cases(p. 339)
• Faux Residence Statutes(p. 340)
• "Tax Texans"(p. 343)
• 6.03 Residence(p. 344)
• 6.04 Divorce, Domicile, and the Nonmilitary Spouse(p. 346)
• 6.05 Military Entitlements and Divorce(p. 352)
• 6.06 Defense or Delay(p. 352)
• 6.07 Domicile and Discovery(p. 354)
• 6.08 Divorce Procedures and the Servicemember(p. 359)
• 6.09 Peremptory Settings(p. 362)
• 6.10 Foreign Divorces(p. 364)
• Appendix 6-A State of Legal Residence Certificate (DD Form 2058)(p. 365)
• Appendix 6-B Domicile Checklist for Servicemembers and Spouses(p. 366)
• Appendix 6-C Questions and Answers about Domicile(p. 367)
• Appendix 6-D Former Spouse Benefits Chart(p. 371)
• Appendix 6-E Silent Partner, Counseling on Foreign Divorce(p. 374)
• Appendix 6-F U.S. State Department Advisory on Divorce Overseas(p. 375)
• Appendix 6-G Foreign Divorce and the Military: Traversing the "You're No Longer Mine" Field(p. 380)
• Appendix 6-H Sample Brief, Invalidity of Purported Mexican Divorce(p. 381)
• Chapter 7 Family Law Tax Issues(p. 387)
• 7.01 Military Tax Issues, Resources, and the Servicemember(p. 387)
• 7.02 Tax-Exempt Income and the Servicemember(p. 388)
• 7.03 The Military Family Tax Relief Act of 2003(p. 391)
• 7.04 Back Taxes(p. 394)
• 7.05 Transfer of Dependency Exemptions and Child Tax Credits(p. 396)
• 7.06 Military Tax Resources(p. 399)
• Appendix 7-A Information Paper: Qualifying for Combat Zone Tax Benefits(p. 401)
• Appendix 7-B Information Paper: Tax Treatment of Capital Gain on Sale of Home(p. 404)
• Appendix 7-C Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School's Military Tax Outline(p. 406)
• Appendix 7-D IRS Publication 3 Armed Forces' Tax Guide(p. 407)
• Appendix 7-E Need-to-Know Divorce Tax Law for Legal Assistance Officers(p. 408)
• Appendix 7-F Judge Advocate General Legal Center and School's Tax Aspects of Marriage and Divorce Outline(p. 409)
• Chapter 8 Pension and Property Division(p. 411)
• 8.01 Introduction(p. 411)
• 8.02 Military Retirement Benefits(p. 411)
• Calculation of Benefits(p. 413)
• Fifty-Percent Formula(p. 414)
• High-3 Formula(p. 414)
• REDUX Formula(p. 414)
• 8.03 Guard and Reserve Retirement(p. 415)
• 8.04 The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act(p. 418)
• 8.05 Roadblocks to Stop Division: Jurisdiction over the Pension(p. 421)
• Domicile as Jurisdiction(p. 422)
• Domicile as a Defense(p. 424)
• The Nonmilitary Spouse and the Domicile Dilemma(p. 426)
• Challenging a Domicile Claim(p. 427)
• The Consent Conundrum(p. 427)
• State Law Differences(p. 430)
• "Consent" Cases(p. 430)
• The Danger of a Default Judgment(p. 433)
• 8.06 Other Roadblocks(p. 434)
• Constitutionality(p. 434)
• Retroactivity(p. 434)
• Timeliness(p. 435)
• Waiver(p. 436)
• Statutory Bars to Pension Division(p. 436)
• 8.07 Forum Shopping(p. 438)
• 8.08 Type of Pension(p. 439)
• 8.09 Military Disability Retired Pay(p. 440)
• 8.10 VA Disability Benefits(p. 441)
• Concurrent Receipt(p. 443)
• Dealing with VA Waivers-State Court Reponses(p. 444)
• Drafting to Defend the Nonmilitary Spouse(p. 446)
• Remedies for Post-Divorce VA Waivers(p. 450)
• 8.11 Cautionary Advice for the Parties(p. 454)
• 8.12 How to Divide the Military Pension(p. 455)
• Deferred Division Overview(p. 456)
• Calculating the Marital Share(p. 457)
• Choosing a Method of Pension Payment(p. 458)
• Drafting a Pension Division Clause: Traps and Tips(p. 460)
• Deferred Division Examples(p. 464)
• Present Value Offset(p. 465)
• Reserve and National Guard Pensions(p. 468)
• Computations-An Example(p. 468)
• 8.13 Recall to Active Duty(p. 471)
• 8.14 Dividing Disposable Retired Pay(p. 473)
• 8.15 The Survivor Benefit Plan(p. 474)
• Benefits and Disadvantages of SBP(p. 476)
• DIC Offset(p. 477)
• Election Options(p. 480)
• Dealing with Deadlines(p. 480)
• Termination of SBP Coverage(p. 482)
• Changing SBP Coverage(p. 482)
• Remedies for the Wronged Former Spouse(p. 483)
• Strategies for the Servicemember(p. 485)
• Who Pays the Premium?(p. 487)
• Strategies for the Spouse(p. 489)
• Life Insurance Issues(p. 489)
• Other SBP Issues(p. 490)
• 8.16 Early Separation from the Military: What Happens to Retirement Benefits?(p. 491)
• Early-Out Options: VSI and SSB(p. 491)
• Fifteen-Year Retirement(p. 494)
• Civil Service Rollovers(p. 495)
• 8.17 Retroactive Payments(p. 500)
• 8.18 Direct Pension Payments from DFAS(p. 502)
• "Who Ya Gonna Call?"(p. 503)
• Use the Right Document(p. 503)
• Jurisdiction(p. 505)
• The Ten-Year Rule(p. 505)
• Wording Issues(p. 506)
• Don't Ask for "Too Much"(p. 506)
• The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act(p. 506)
• DFAS Response(p. 511)
• The DFAS Checklist(p. 512)
• 8.19 Pension Division and Domestic Abuse(p. 516)
• 8.20 The Thrift Savings Plan(p. 516)
• Dividing the TSP(p. 517)
• 8.21 Other Marital Property-CSB/REDUX(p. 519)
• 8.22 Other Marital Property-Accrued Leave(p. 521)
• 8.23 Valuing the Servicemember's Military Medical Benefits(p. 522)
• 8.24 Commissary and Exchange Privileges(p. 522)
• 8.25 ID Cards(p. 523)
• 8.26 The "Lost" Military Pension and How to Retrieve It(p. 523)
• 8.27 Over the Horizon(p. 530)
• 8.28 Know Your Resources(p. 530)
• Appendix 8-A Army Reserve Retirement Points Statement(p. 533)
• Appendix 8-B Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, 10 U.S.C. [section] 1408(p. 534)
• Appendix 8-C Department of Defense Financial Management Regulations(p. 540)
• Appendix 8-D 1995 Proposed Revisions to Regulations on Military Pension Division(p. 553)
• Appendix 8-E Dividing Military Retired Pay(p. 558)
• Appendix 8-F Sample Motion and Order for Military Pay Records(p. 571)
• Appendix 8-G State Court Treatment of Military and Veteran's Disability Benefits: A 2004 Update(p. 573)
• Appendix 8-H Sample Present Value Opinion Letter for Army Reserve Pension(p. 574)
• Appendix 8-I Reserve Component Survivor Benefit Plan (RCSBP) Coverage and Costs(p. 575)
• Appendix 8-J Application Form for Correction of Military Records(p. 579)
• Appendix 8-K Sample Request for Change of SBP Beneficiary in Application for Correction of Military Records(p. 581)
• Appendix 8-L Illustration of Calculations to Shift Cost of SBP to Non-Military Spouse and to Reduce SBP Benefit to Lifetime Pension Share(p. 582)
• Appendix 8-M Table for SBP Shifting Premium to Spouse or Former Spouse(p. 584)
• Appendix 8-N Table for SBP Shifting Premium to Servicemember(p. 585)
• Appendix 8-O Sample Retiree Account Statement(p. 586)
• Appendix 8-P Thrift Savings Plan Booklet Excerpt on Court Orders(p. 587)
• Appendix 8-Q Sample Military Pension Division Order(p. 595)
• Glossary of Terms, Abbreviations, and Acronyms(p. 605)
• Table of Cases(p. 609)
• Index(p. 621)