Rochester, Minnesota, Spousal Maintenance Lawyers
Downing, Dittrich & Lawrence
Focused Exclusively on Family Law Issues
507-288-8432
Family Law • Military Personnel and Their Families
An increasing number of military personnel are being deployed to foreign lands away from their families. The separations and strife, among other things, have caused an acceleration of family law problems among military personnel and their families.
With a military member, a number of unique issues and challenges exist in a family law proceeding that are not found in a typical family law matter. These issues include:
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establishing jurisdiction and effecting service of process on someone in active military service;
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compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, formally known as the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act;
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proper division of the military pension pursuant to the Uniformed Services Former Spouse Protection Act (USFSPA) and the Defense Finance and Accounting Service (DFAS) regulations, including the 10-year rule and the DD Form 2293, “Application for Former Spouse Payments From Retired Pay”;
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benefits available to unremarried former spouses of members of the uniformed services who meet the complex “20/20/20" or “20/20/15" tests, which refer to the length of marriage, the length of creditable military service toward retirement, and the overlap of certain years of military service with years of the marriage.
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determining military income for support purposes; and, determining military income earned while in a combat zone;
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identifying and quantifying all components of military compensation and military benefits available for family support.
Our office is able to assist either the servicemember or the spouse of a servicemember through these unique issues and challenges that arise in a military family law proceeding. Steven M. Dittrich is a Major in the United States Army Reserve Judge Advocate General’s Corps (JAG) Branch. He understands the military language and able to point out the complexities involved in a military family law matter.
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Downing, Dittrich & Lawrence
Focused Exclusively on Family Law Issues
330 Wells Fargo Center
21 First Avenue Southwest
Rochester, MN 55902
Phone: 507-288-8432 Fax: 507-282-9259
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Downing, Dittrich & Lawrence, in Rochester, Minnesota, represents clients facing military family law, divorce and other domestic relations issues throughout Southeastern Minnesota, including communities such as Red Wing, Owatonna, Austin, Albert Lea, Winona, Lake City, and Zumbrota.
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