It's a different world out there in the civilian workforce. Like the military, you'll have a chain of command, a specialization, a career path, and regular duties. But some things are different: looser command structures, less dedicated co-workers, a...
Helpful information if you believe your employment rights under the Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act have been violated. The Department of Labor has forms and procedures in place.
Child custody rules are complicated for everyone, but they can be even more complex for military families. This article should help separating or divorcing military parents work through child custody rules and procedures, such as creating a custody agreement, or obtaining a custody order in a disputed case.
This article provides general legal information that may apply for children born to servicemembers or their families abroad.
Service members face special challenges when supporting dependents, especially when called for active duty overseas. Click here to learn about paying child support while on active duty and collecting child support from a service member.
Once custody is determined by a court or formal agreement, parental visitation rights can sometimes prove to be contentious. Issues like grandparents’ visitation rights, preventing child abuse during visitation and so-called “virtual visitation” options can arise.
Divorce is a complicated matter, no matter what the circumstances. However, some extra complexity can arise when one of the parties involved in the divorce is a military servicemember: there are unique issues that have been addressed by laws in an at...
Military divorces are substantially similar to civilian divorces, but one contentious item in military divorces involves whether a former spouse is capable of claiming a portion of the servicemember's retirement pay. The following article examines mi...
Although service members sign their names on the dotted line, their families are also very much a party to their loved one’s contract with the military. The burdens of service that can be imposed on the men and women in uniform, including regular rea...
Being in the military brings a special set of challenges for active duty service members and their families, especially during times of overseas deployments. However, service members in the Reserves and National Guard also have their own unique set o...
