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The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (or USFSPA) is a U.S. federal law enacted on September 8, 1982 to address issues that arise when a member of the military divorces, and primarily concerns jointly-earned marital property consisting of benefits earned during marriage and while one of the spouses (or both) is a military service member. [3]
The Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (MSRRA) signed into law on November 11, 2009, was originally introduced by Congressman John Carter (Texas) during the 110th United States Congress. The MSRRA was written to amend the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) to include protection of military spouses, with regards to voting, property and ...
Maintaining employment among military spouses has been a significant issue with military families. The unemployment rate for military families is about 21%, which hasn’t significantly changed ...
Spouses of veterans gain loan eligibility if: [5] 1. They are unmarried, and their deceased spouse died as a result of service-connected causes. 2. They remarry after the age of 57, and their deceased spouse died while on active duty. 3. They are the spouse of an active duty member who has been missing in action or a prisoner of war for at ...
The Military Spouse Scholarship Program gives funding to spouses of service members pursuing career and education goals. Because of common setbacks caused by frequent military moves and underemployment, these scholarships help spouses achieve their goals and provide their family with financial stability, especially helpful if a service member ...
Military spouses face a 21% unemployment rate that has not significantly changed over the past decade, according to information from the White House. More than 16,000 military, veteran and ...
Rebekah Sanderlin is a writer, a military advocate, and the long-time spouse of a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran. She is a former columnist and reporter for The Fayetteville Observer.
They present a special set of challenges that make military divorces more complicated than a typical divorce. For example, The Federal Service Members Civil Relief Act of 2003 Archived 2013-04-15 at the Wayback Machine requires any person seeking a divorce to state that their spouse is or is not currently a member of the United States armed ...