GP Solo Magazine
Military Family Law
By: Mark E. Sullivan
Mrs. Brown will lose all military entitlements in most cases (ID card, base housing, access to the commissary and post exchange, medical care at on-base facilities, and medical insurance coverage, called TRICARE). The date of the divorce affects direct payment of military pension division; DFAS will not garnish retired pay unless there is ten years of marriage concurrent with ten years of creditable military service. For a spouse to have full medical care as well as exchange and commissary privileges,she must have 20 years of marriage concurrent with 20 years of military service.
And here is a useful table that shows the connection between benefits and length of marriage. Download appendix_a.pdf
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