Divorce — also known as the dissolution of a marriage — is never easy. But in the military, more so than in civilian world, it can feel utterly impossible. Between dividing benefits, relocation issues ...

Dual-veteran divorces expose gaps between state family law and federal military and VA benefit systems, where missed ...

A change included in a new law governing the Defense Department alters military divorce retirement rules, making things more fair for the divorcing service member while still protecting the financial ...

Divorce — it’s no stranger to those in the military. At the same time, the military is a very tradition-minded institution, so divorce is often treated like the family secret no one talks about.

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We often refer to the Supreme Court as a “hot bench”: Questions fly fast and furious from all the justices, often allowing the lawyers to get out only a few sentences (if that many) before fielding ...

(CN) – The Supreme Court ruled Monday that states cannot increase a former spouse’s share of a veteran’s military retirement pay to make up for a loss in benefits caused by a waiver to receive ...

Divorce is often a complicated, emotional, and messy undertaking in the best of situations, and can be even more so for members of the military. Although legally divorce is the same for military ...

When Ken Walsh returned from Iraq in October 2007, he had changed — and so had things at home. He only knew life with his two older kids. He had been there for the birth of his youngest two, twins, ...

WASHINGTON — The divorce rate in the armed forces held steady last year at 3.3 percent, a surprising finding given the stress that marriages are under during persistent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

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The military's divorce rate dropped again last year reaching its lowest point since 2005, according to statistics released today by the Defense Department. The divorce rate among both officer and ...