What is the Survivor Benefit Plan? (SBP) Many families use a retired military spouse’s retirement pay as a substantial income supplement. Sadly, it can be a real hardship for a family when the retirement pay stops after the retiree’s death, leaving a spouse or child...
What is the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) and what should I know? It may seem like divorcing a service member is an intimidating venture, and it rightfully may be.However, the law protects the rights and interests of family members just as...
Marrying into the Navy? Here are five useful tips to make the transition smoother. Tying the knot is no small venture. However, there is nothing quite like marrying into the military. It is often a new and foreign territory and it can be quite difficult to figure out...
The Surprising Scope of QDROs A major focus of this month has been how property rights to a benefit plan are acquired. Usually, this occurs after the dissolution of a marriage though, you may be surprised to know that this is not the only way for rights to the plan to...
Your QDRO Roadmap It may be a very difficult, frustrating venture to navigate through the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the Internal Revenue Code, various state law, and separate retirement benefit plan rules that employers may have. There is no...
Qualified Domestic Relations Orders The process of ending a marriage is never easy. The emotional roller coaster that a family goes through is enough for anyone to deal with, but through all of that, the spouses are still required to jump through the legal hoops...
The ability to appeal a lower court's ruling is an important mechanism in the U.S. legal system. Especially in disputes concerning divorce, where individuals' assets and relationships are at stake, it is crucial that legal outcomes are fair and just - and appeals...
Even under the best of circumstances divorce is a complicated process. When one's lawyer is deceitful, or incompetent, or both, it becomes impossible. A number of Florida residents learn this the hard way. At times, they're able to get justice. Earlier this month,...
In divorce proceedings, it is not uncommon for a spouse to deny the ownership of certain assets or funds as a means of avoiding paying fees associated with them. At least, that's what happened in a recent divorce case that made its way to Florida's 4th District Court...
Nearly 25 percent of individuals entering divorce proceedings are over the age of 50. Since 1990, according to a recent report from the Pew Research Center, the divorce rate among this cohort has more than doubled. This isn’t so surprising. People are living longer,...
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