Apr 13, 2021 | Military Divorce
Distance is the only variable that can affect the timeline of a low-cost, simple, uncontested, no-fault divorce when one or both parties is/are in full-time United States military service. Why? Because once the file is open and the case begins, all documents must be...
Oct 9, 2019 | Military Divorce, Property Division, Settlement Agreements
Under Pennsylvania law, all marital assets are subject to division in a divorce. Certainly, the portion of a pension that accumulates during a marriage is likely to be considered a marital asset. A frequent reaction to that is for the owner of the pension to claim...
Sep 3, 2019 | Alimony & Spousal Support, Military Divorce, Settlement Agreements
Any pension, military, public or private, may be considered an asset of the marriage and subject to division by agreement or by the Court; however, Pennsylvania law does not require that any pension or any other asset be mentioned in or made part of your divorce. In a...
Apr 11, 2018 | Divorce, Military Divorce, Settlement Agreements
It is not unusual for one spouse or the other to be entitled to receive payments from a former employer after retirement from that employer. That employer could be private, government or even the military. Under Pennsylvania law, the other spouse may well have a claim...
Dec 1, 2017 | Divorce, Military Divorce
When one (or even both) parties to a divorce are in the full-time military service, filing a divorce in Pennsylvania may still be possible even when one party (or both) are stationed, based or posted outside of Pennsylvania…even outside of the USA or even...
Oct 12, 2016 | Divorce, Military Divorce
A Pennsylvania military divorce creates several unique rights and issues in comparison to a traditional civilian divorce – especially in relation to procedure, property division and marital or child support payments. Specific state and federal laws apply to the...
