Jurisdiction If Your Divorce Case Involves Multiple States

Question: I am active duty military deployed overseas and have a question concerning jurisdiction of a divorce case involving multiple states. We lived in Massachusetts for most of our married lives other than in North Carolina where we were stationed before my deployment. We agreed that while I was deployed …

Moving Out Of State With Children While Still Married

Question: My wife moved out of state with our children without my consent while I was stationed at a military base. While a couple is married is one spouse allowed to move out of state with the children without the other spouse’s permission, particularly a spouse who is stationed at …

Exercising Parenting Time While Deployed Overseas

Question: I am in the military deployed overseas and my ex-wife is refusing to honor our parenting time agreement regarding what points during the year I can see my child. Can she legally keep my child from visiting me as outlined in our divorce decree even though I’m deployed overseas?

Can A Military Bonus Be Used To Calculate Child Support?

Question: My ex-wife is filing for a child support modification because of a re-enlistment bonus I received through the military. I receive half of the bonus up front and the other half paid on the anniversary of my re-enlistment. The military bonus is paid once a year for the amount …

Child Support For Military Dads: Does BAH Count As Income?

Question: I am a member of the military paying child support to my wife during our separation based on my state’s child support calculator that includes both my base pay and housing allowance (BAH). My wife feels the gross monthly income amount entered into the calculator should be adjusted in …

Can My Family Get Emergency Custody While I’m Deployed?

Question: My wife let our children travel out of state to visit my family while I am deployed overseas so that she could take time to receive help for her various addictions. I fear for my children’s safety while with their mother, and I do not want my family to …

Can A Party Waive Their Right To Claim Property?

Question: Being retired military and receiving a military pension, is there any way that my wife could waive her claim on my retirement or any other property? Or is the state going to divide my property, namely my military pension, regardless?

Child Support Modification Procedures

Question: My older child graduated high school and is joining the military so how do I modify child support to account for my other minor child? My ex-wife is not contesting this and we agree that I should pay 50 percent of my current child support amount since we now …

Fathers Rights Challenges for Deployed Military Soldiers

By Tara N. Brewer Special to DadsDivorce.com A deployed soldier already has to deal with the stress of family separation. Possible changes in child custody and threats to fathers rights during deployment only compound the issue. A new Pennsylvania bill protects the deployed soldier by stating that no changes in …

Financial Division During Military Divorces

By Tara N. Brewer Special to DadsDivorce.com One of the main anxieties during a military divorce is how the financial benefits are divided. Military pensions require no minimum age and increase with the cost-of-living for the next 40 years, according to a Wall Street Journal article. The military doesn’t provide …