What is the name of your state (only U.S. law)? Louisiana
Where can I look in Louisiana code to research the treatment and dispersal of military retirement pay as community property to a (soon to be) former spouse?
Article 10 Sec. 1408 of the US Code grants the states the ability to treat military retirement pay as property that can be divided as if it were some kind of saving account that the former spouse has a right to. As far as I know, the only rights outlined are in the Constitution (and those rights ain't in there) but everyone around here seems to think a former spouse has a "right" to a members retirement pay.
I can't find anything in the Louisiana code that takes over from the US 10 Sec. 1408. I have been up and down both the CC and CCP code for Louisiana. What am I missing?
I'm not looking to be a a-hole, I just want to be informed where that much money (over my entire life) is concerned.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
Where can I look in Louisiana code to research the treatment and dispersal of military retirement pay as community property to a (soon to be) former spouse?
Article 10 Sec. 1408 of the US Code grants the states the ability to treat military retirement pay as property that can be divided as if it were some kind of saving account that the former spouse has a right to. As far as I know, the only rights outlined are in the Constitution (and those rights ain't in there) but everyone around here seems to think a former spouse has a "right" to a members retirement pay.
I can't find anything in the Louisiana code that takes over from the US 10 Sec. 1408. I have been up and down both the CC and CCP code for Louisiana. What am I missing?
I'm not looking to be a a-hole, I just want to be informed where that much money (over my entire life) is concerned.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!