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Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (or USFSPA) is a U.S. federal law enacted on September 8, 1982 to address issues that arise when a member of the military divorces, and primarily concerns jointly-earned marital property consisting of benefits earned during marriage and while one of the spouses (or both) is a military service member.Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA)
10 U.S. Code §1408, Legal Information Institute (LII). Accessed 2015-11-15.
The divisibility of U.S. military retirement payments in divorce proceedings has had a turbulent legislative and legal history, and the USFSPA has not closely tracked its civilian cousin enacted in 1975, the

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Armed Forces
A military, also known collectively as armed forces, is a heavily armed, highly organized force primarily intended for warfare. It is typically authorized and maintained by a sovereign state, with its members identifiable by their distinct military uniform. It may consist of one or more military branches such as an army, navy, air force, space force, marines, or coast guard. The main task of the military is usually defined as defence of the state and its interests against external armed threats. In broad usage, the terms ''armed forces'' and ''military'' are often treated as synonymous, although in technical usage a distinction is sometimes made in which a country's armed forces may include both its military and other paramilitary forces. There are various forms of irregular military forces, not belonging to a recognized state; though they share many attributes with regular military forces, they are less often referred to as simply ''military''. A nation's military may ...
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order
A qualified domestic relations order (or QDRO, pronounced "cue-dro" or "qua-dro"), is a judicial order in the United States, entered as part of a property division in a divorce or legal separation that splits a retirement plan or pension plan by recognizing joint marital ownership interests in the plan, specifically the former spouse's interest in that spouse's share of the asset. A QDRO's recognition of spousal ownership interest in a plan participant's (employee's) pension plan awards a portion of the plan participant's benefit to an alternate payee. An alternate payee must be a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of the plan participant. A QDRO may also be entered for spousal support or child support. QDROs apply only to employee benefit or pension plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the American federal law governing private sector pensions. Comparable types of orders divide military retirement pay and Federal civil service retiremen ...
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Divorce Law In The United States
Divorce in the United States is a legal process in which a judge or other authority dissolves the marriage existing between two persons. Divorce restores the persons to the status of being single and permits them to marry other individuals. In the United States, Marriage in the United States, marriage and divorce fall under the jurisdiction of state governments in the United States, state governments, not the U.S. government, federal government. Although such matters are usually ancillary or consequential to the dissolution of the marriage, divorce may also involve issues of alimony, spousal support, child custody, child support, distribution of property and division of debt. History 19th century By the mid- to late 19th century, divorce rates in the United States increased, and Americans obtained more divorces annually than were granted in all of Europe. Previously, divorces in the US were mainly granted to the American middle class, middle and American upper class, upper-cla ...
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Title 38 Of The United States Code
Title 38 of the United States Code outlines the role of Veterans' Benefits in the United States Code. * Part I: General Provisions * Part II: General Benefits * Part III: Readjustment and Related Benefits * Part IV: General Administrative Provisions * Part V: Boards, Administrations, and Services * Part VI: Acquisition And Disposition of Property External linksU.S. Code Title 38 via United States Government Printing OfficeU.S. Code Title 38 via Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ... {{US-fed-statute-stub 38 *Title 38 ...
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Title 37 Of The United States Code
Title 37 of the United States Code outlines the role of Pay and Allowances of the Uniformed Services in the United States Code. Contents * —Definitions * —Basic Pay * —Special and Incentive Pays * —Allowances Other Than Travel and Transportation Allowances * —Travel and Transportation Allowances * —Leave * —Payments to Missing Persons * —Payments to Mentally Incompetent Persons * —Allotments and Assignments of Pay * —Prohibitions and Penalties * —Miscellaneous Rights and Benefits * —Administration External linksU.S. Code Title 37 via United States Government Printing OfficeU.S. Code Title 37 via Cornell University Cornell University is a private statutory land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York. It is a member of the Ivy League. Founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White, Cornell was founded with the intention to tea ... {{US-fed-statute-stub 37 *Title 37 United States military pay and benefits ...
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Qualified Domestic Relations Order
A qualified domestic relations order (or QDRO, pronounced "cue-dro" or "qua-dro"), is a judicial order in the United States, entered as part of a property division in a divorce or legal separation that splits a retirement plan or pension plan by recognizing joint marital ownership interests in the plan, specifically the former spouse's interest in that spouse's share of the asset. A QDRO's recognition of spousal ownership interest in a plan participant's (employee's) pension plan awards a portion of the plan participant's benefit to an alternate payee. An alternate payee must be a spouse, former spouse, child or other dependent of the plan participant. A QDRO may also be entered for spousal support or child support. QDROs apply only to employee benefit or pension plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA), the American federal law governing private sector pensions. Comparable types of orders divide military retirement pay and Federal civil service retiremen ...
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