My military wife is gone?

Question

my wife and i are getting a dirvorce and i am taking full custody of the two boys. i still have two years left on my contract and was wondering does anyone know will the army try to go after her for something like abandonment or something like that. not that i would want that but was wondering if i should worry about it.

Answer 1

the Army will have nothing to do with your private marital issues.  But nor will they allow you to continue on without a family Care plan.  

Answer 2

She has to pay child support. She will get in  a lot of trouble if she doesnt. it will come directly out of her check. She can't get in toruble if you have custody of them...  now if she just dropped them off on the side of the road, then thats a different story.

Answer 3

They will only get involved if she doesn't pay child support.

Answer 4

Most all if not all branches of the armed forces do not want to get into the middle of a civil matter. The kids as you say will be in your custody so she would be or made to pay support because it will be in the degree. No wit is best that the payment goes through the court because if she stops paying then the court take her back not you. If she is in the service like you again the court will come after her and the pay is withheld from her pay each month. You will draw your amount because the kids are your or you provided some of the means to bring them into this world. When I read the white ltr some yrs ago the active duty person will have to give up 10% of HIS paycheck for each of his dependants along with Cola and Meal rats basicly any money the Gov give you to support your family until it is setttled in a civil court. MGBWU  

Answer 5

It's not a military matter...it's a civil matter.  If you have no contact with her, then you need to contact an attorney.  Depending upon how long she's been away from the kids without any contact, her parental rights could be taken away...depending on the state you're filing for divorce.

While your wife is away, you'll need to implement a Family Care Plan if you don't have one.

Now, if she is also in the military and you haven't heard from her in X number of days, you might want to contact her unit to see if she's still reporting to work and let them know what's going on and that you haven't seen her and she has abandoned you and the kids.

Depending on how long she's been gone, she'll obviously have to pay some sort of child support.  In any case, no court will look kindly upon her for leaving her kids behind without any way to contact her in any case.

Answer 6

No, that's all civil stuff.  Of course if she is ordered to pay child support and doesn't then the military can be involved but only to make sure she is paying c/s.