September 30, 2016
Proposed Law Could Drastically Change How Military Pensions Get Divided in a Texas Divorce

When military officers and their spouses get divorced, as a general rule, the non-officer spouse can claim a portion of the officer’s retirement benefits as community property. Generally speaking, income that either spouse earns during the marriage is considered community property (and therefore subject to division in a divorce), and this includes military pensions and other retirement benefits. In fact, the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act (USFSPA) specifically provides that state courts have the authority to divide military pensions in a divorce.
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