Statutory Provisions and Additional Resources

Statutory Provisions

Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act, Pub. L. No. 97-252, 96 Stat. 730 (1982) (codified as amended at 10 U.S.C. §§ 1072, 1076, 1086, 1408, 1447, 1448, 1450, 1451).

10 U.S.C. § 101(4) (2005).

32 C.F.R. § 199.3 (2005).

37 U.S.C. § 101(4) (2005).

Additional Resources

American Bar Association Section on Family Law website at www.abanet.org/family/military/home.html. Look for Mark Sullivan’s Silent Partner series.

Department of Defense Financial Management Regulation (DoDFMR), information available at www.dod.mil/comptroller/  http://www.dod.mil/comptroller/fmr/07b/07b29.pdf  -  DOD financial management regulations on military pension division

Defense Finance and Accounting Services, information available at www.dfas.mil.  See http://www.dod.mil/dfas/money/garnish/speech4.pdf  for the text of DFAS attorney instructions on preparation of military pension division orders

Marshal S. Willick, Divorcing the Military and Severing the Civil Service: A Very Short Course on How to Attack and How to Defend, 2004, available at www.willicklawgroup.com.

Military Officers Association of America provides documents on military benefits, information available at www.moaa.org.

North Carolina State Bar Association, Division of Legal Assistance for Military Personnel provides specific information about military divorce, information available at www.ncbar.com/home/lamp.htm.Look for Mark Sullivan’s “Silent Partner” series.
 
Office of the Secretary of Defense provides pay charts, available at www.defenselink.mil/militarypay/

Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act Dividing Military Retired Pay, Garnishment Operations, Defense Finance and Accounting Service, Cleveland, Ohio, available at www.agd.state.tx.us/retirement-services/PDF%20Documents/Divorce_Retirement.pdf