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Having been diviorced since this law took effect and my former wife has since remarried and is a drug user. When and what are the causes that can eliminate the deduction that she gets.
Hi Thomas,
I'm afraid none of this would make any difference. For details on the USFSPA, see my article at: http://usmilitary.about.com/od/divorce/a/divretpaydiv.htm
It's not "alimony." The term "property" means it's just the same as a house or a car. For example, if the court ordered that your ex-spouse be given the car as "property," you wouldn't be able to ask for the car back, if she got remarried. If the divorce court ordered that your ex-spouse got half of the value of the house, you couldn't ask that it be returned to you if he/she got remarried. Under the USFSPA, retirement pay is allowed to be treated as "property," by the state divorce court, just like the house or the car.
Hope this helps!
Rod Powers
http://usmilitary.about.com
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Rod Powers is considered one of the premire experts about U.S. Military career information on the planet. He has more than 30,000 articles about U.S. Military career information on the About.com U.S. Military Careers Information website at: http://usmilitary.about.com. Additionally, he is the author of "ASVAB for Dummies," "ASVAB AFQT for Dummies," (available in Dec 2009), and "Veteran Benefits for Dummies," all published by Wiley Publishing. He is also the author of "Barrons' Guide to Officer Candidate School Tests," published by Barron's Educational Series.
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Rod Powers is a retired Air Force first sergeant, with 23 years of active duty service, 11 of those years as an Air Force First Sergeant. He has helped thousands of military members, recruits, and military applicants since he took over the About.com U.S Military Careers Information site in 1999. He has a reputation for "telling it like it is," so questions may not be answered based on "what you want to hear," but will be answered based of the bast available information, concerning the service/situation.
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Rod is a distinguished graduate of the Air Force Noncommissioned Officers Academy, the Air Force Senior Noncommissioned Officer Academy, and the Air Force First Sergeant Academy. He also holds an Associates Degree in Personnel Administration from the Community College of the Air Force (CCAF).
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