Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act FSPA written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act FSPA written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services. Military Personnel and Compensation Subcommittee and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Effects of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act on Military Retirement Benefits written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 90 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) allows state courts to treat military retirement pay as property for possible division in matters of divorce. The problem is that several military and veterans' organizations believe this law to be discriminatory towards military members and seek legislative reform. Thus, the central research question is: Should Congress amend the Title 10, U.S. Code, Section 1408, USFSPA, to ensure just compensation for both military members and military spouses in court-ordered divorce settlements? This thesis examines the divorce laws affecting the military retirement system in comparison to the laws affecting all other federal retirement systems, the real-world applications of the USFSPA by state courts in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, and perceived inequities of the act

Download or read book Implementation of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE WASHINGTON DC NATIONAL SECURITY AND INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS DIV. and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 51 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Responding to a Supreme Court decision that military retired pay could not be divided as marital community property in divorce cases, the Congress authorized the services to pay part of a member's pay to a former spouse in compliance with a state court order. the services generally have done a good job implementing the act, but its complexity has caused problems. These problems concern interpretations of the act and court orders, and procedures for handling applications. Consequently, retirees and former spouses have sometimes been treated differently, depending upon the service involved. Some inconsistencies have been corrected but others remain.

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services. Subcommittee on Manpower and Personnel and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an updated edition of JA 274, Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act, dated November 2005. This revision provides information on the history, state courts' jurisdiction to divide retired pay, divisibility of retired pay, the issue of disability compensation, direct payment to former spouse, additional benefits for former spouses, USFSPA and domestic abuse cases, USFSPA and Separation incentives and bonuses, and the Survivor Benefit Plan.

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by David F. Burrelli and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 61 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act Outline and Reference Materials written by and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outline of instruction provides reference materials on the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act.

Download or read book Divorce and the Military written by Frank W. Ault and published by . This book was released on 1994 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Garnishment of Benefits Paid to Veterans for Child Support and Other Court Ordered Obligations written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1998 with total page 196 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 57 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Military Benefits for Former Spouses written by Congressional Research Service and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1981, the Supreme Court ruled that the former spouse of a military member or retiree could not be awarded any share of that member's/retiree's retired pay as a part of a divorce property settlement in a community property state. In response, Congress enacted the Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) in 1982. Under the USFSPA, as amended, state courts can treat disposable military retired pay as divisible property in divorce cases. However, state laws may vary on these concepts. The USFSPA makes no assumption of such a division nor does it presume how much of a division should be made. In addition to possible receipt of retired pay, certain former spouses remain eligible to receive certain military benefits or privileges. Recent changes in other laws that affect the concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veteran disability pay may affect the amount of retired pay a former spouse receives. In other situations, later career and financial decisions made by military retirees may affect the availability of their retired pay. For example, military retirees who take federal civilian jobs and then retire from those jobs can waive their military retired pay and credit their military time to their civilian careers. In so doing, they eliminate their military retired pay, and thereby any share that might have been awarded to the former spouse. Since its inception, the USFSPA has remained contentious. Opponents of the law feel that it is unfair to servicemembers and should be modified or repealed. Proponents argue that the law protects the former spouse within nationally accepted standards. Some of the most frequently cited issues include (1) definition of disposable retired pay, (2) effects from new laws concerning concurrent receipt of military retired pay and veteran disability compensation, (3) interactions with other federal retirement systems, (4) effects in cases of early separation of servicemembers, and (5) treatment of benefits upon remarriage of a former spouse. As with the original provisions of the USFSPA, these and other proposed changes have been the source of great debate. Although legislation making various changes to the USFSPA has been introduced in the past, none of this legislation has allowed for retroactive change to settled cases.

Download or read book The Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by Frances A. Yockey and published by . This book was released on 1987 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book The Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act written by Susan C. Olsen and published by . This book was released on 1985 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Download or read book Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act Guide written by and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This publication is one of a series prepared and distributed by the Legal Assistance Branch of the Administrative and Civil Law at The Judge Advocate General's School, U.S. Army. Legal assistance attorneys should find this series useful in the delivery of legal assistance. The Information contained herein is as current as possible as of the date of publication.

Download or read book Military Benefits for Former Spouses Legislation and Policy Issues written by and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The purpose of this report is to provide a general discussion of legislative provisions and proposals relating to the military benefits for former spouses. It is not designed to answer detailed questions about specific issues arising in individual cases. Thus, it does not deal with case law nor does it apply legal or judicial interpretations of enacted statutes to specific situations. What benefits can divorced spouses of members or retirees of the uniformed services receive under law? What role do the services play in facilitating delivery of those benefits? What practical problems arise in the implementation of and service involvement in claims on those benefits? How does the current system for a divorce-related division of military retired pay work? These frequently asked questions reflect confusion and controversy over social policy and economic equity issues. The administrative and legal implementation has proven complex, because large numbers of men and women, and their often complicated individual situations, are affected.