Texas ranks first with 9.95% or 215,818 of the nation's 2.168 million military retirees living in the Lone Star State.  The top five States with the largest military retiree populations are as follows:

Texas: 215,818 Florida: 202,840Virginia: 157,821 California: 154,736 Georgia: 99,645

Closer to home, approximately 18% or 38,997 of Texas' military retirees live in the...

I recently gave a presentation on the military's new Blended Retirement System (BRS) at the Family Law Bar Association - San Antonio. The paper I wrote is on our website under the "Forms" tab. A lump sum option may be selected by a Servicemember within 90 days of retirement. The first lump sum...

Yes, it can.  The Petitioner or Movant must file a Motion to Modify Post-Divorce Spousal Maintenance in the Court that made the initial order.  Procedures for filing an original suit apply, which means the former spouse receiving maintenance must be served with citation. 

At an evidentiary hearing, the Movant bears the burden of...

Some servicemembers left military service by taking Voluntary Separation Incentive (VSI) pay or Special Separation Bonus (SSB) pay and later returned to military duty and qualified for either an active duty or reserve component retirement.  So, what happens to the VSI or SSB payments the servicemember received?

DFAS will recoup the amount of VSI or...

Yes, when DFAS tells a former spouse that a clarification order is necessary to receive former spouse retired pay, the ex-spouse/Servicemember "must" be served with notice of the clarification proceeding.  The former spouse cannot simply claim the Court has jurisdiction over the Servicemember because of a prior proceeding (e.g. the divorce). 

More importantly,...

The answer to the question of whether a former spouse's retired pay payments can be stopped is, "it depends."  The Dep't. of Defense regulation governing this subject matter states the following:

"Unless the court order specifies otherwise, payments will stop upon [DFAS's] receipt of notice of the death of either party.  Payments will be...

The cap for "net resources" when calculating guideline child support increases from $8,550 to $9,200, effective September 1, 2019.  The Office of the Attorney General Child Support Division (OAG) recently announced the coming change. 

OAG manages the child support system for Texas.  The increase to $9,200 is determined by a formula related to...

After a military divorce, when a Former Spouse predeceases the Servicemember, the Former Spouse's share of disposable retired pay returns to the Servicemember.1  Former Spouse retired pay cannot be "sold, assigned, transferred, or otherwise disposed of (including by inheritance).2"

Ironically, the same cannot be said for a Former Spouse's share of a Federal...