Military Divorce. Please help?

Question

My husband is in the Air Force. He and I have been married for 5 years. His current rank is E-5. Do I receive any kind of benefits after he and I are divorced? What are my rights? Also, we have one child. How much will child support be? He's age is 4. Also, we reside in Texas.

Any advice will be greatly appreciated.

Answer 1

Greatttttt another person making sure they sap their military member dry....

Answer 2

You will be eligible for care at the hospital on base as long as you remain unmarried.  Your son will receive care until age 18, 21 if he is a full time student.

Beyond that the Air Force provides nothing in the way of benefits to former spouses married less than 10 years.  At 10 years, if your husband were to go on to full retirement, congress has mandated that half his retirement is yours.

Child support is established by the court.  It is based on actual income at the time of the divorce.  

Answer 3

your brave to ask such money related questions, being that most of us are active duty or retired and been through it..

you will recieve support for the child no more thatn 1/3 of his basic pay plus BAS.  you are not entitleed to alimony because you were only married for 5 years.  you may be entitled to remain on his life insruance policy and thats it.

in the end you will have to get a job. your ex husbands support wont support you, just the child.

your local JAG can be of some assistants, if its like this base, the first one to get to them get's their services, i have seen alot guys get turned away from THEIR free legal advice because the spouse gets their first.

i hope you get nothing, and he gets custody of the child!!!!

Answer 4

After you get divorce why would you be entitled to any benefits?  It will be up to the courts to determine child support payments, custody, etc.

If you can't stay on friendly terms I suggest you get a lawyer.

Answer 5

If you divorce a military member you lose all your benefits and you have to turn in your ID cards.. ...  his child will get child support ....

  If he dies while on duty  and you still married to him, you and your child have all the benefits until the time you are remarried at that time you loss the benefits.

  Check for up date info. at your nearest VA office or Military Base.  Wish you well ...

   Retired USAF

Answer 6

You will get nothing.  His chid will still be able to receive medical care through Tricare Prime as long as his dad keeps him enrolled in DEERS.  You will receive no medical, no BX, no commissary, nothing.  You must be married for 10 years to get anything.  You will, of course, receive child support if you ask for it.

Answer 7

You will receive NO benefits.  Only the dependent child does.  They may allow you to keep your ID card, which will be set up to note the divorce, just to enable you to get the child on base for medical and to shop at the commissary and BX for him/her.  Please note that these privileges are for the child.  Thus you will not be allowed to buy clothing for you, alcohol, etc.  Only what is needed for the child.  

I do know of situations where the custodial parent did not get to keep their ID card because the active duty member was stationed near the child and was able to purchase items for the child and see to it the child got to medical appts.

You should be able to get child support.  But alimony is up to the discretion of the judge.

Edit:  Sorry if it seems we are being hostile, but in my 20 years of marriage to a military man I've seen way too many wives do really lousy things to their husbands and then demand everything under the sky because they were a military spouse.  Including wives who filed for divorce on their 10th anniversary.  We have one at our current base who is a serial reoffender... she's divorcing 2nd hubby at the ten year mark, just like the first one!

I truly hope you are not one of these and if you are not, then I apologize.

Answer 8

there is NO SUCH THING AS A MILITARY DIVORCE.  any Child support you get is based on the laws of the state in which you divorce.

Once the divorce is final you will be entitled to NO military benefits whatsoever.  the children will be covered under TRICARE until they are 21(23 if full time college).