QUESTION
How long do i have to pay a percentage of my retierment to my ex?
Asked on Jun 01st, 2011 on Family Law - Nevada
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My ex slipped into our divorce decree that she gets 20% of my military retierment. We were only married for 7 years, had i seen this in the original papers that i signed i would not have signed them. It may or may not have been in them. We got divorced back in 1993. And now that i am retiered from the military and still working my disability issues I am just wanting to know if there is a time limit on how long i have to pay this too her.
1 ANSWER
Short version: no. Military retirement division by percentage usually lasts for the duration of the joint lives of the parties. But there are many, many complications to such cases, and from just the facts you have mentioned, at least the disability and "ten year rule" materials, discussed in the article "Divorcing the Military," should be carefully reviewed. It is posted at http://www.willicklawgroup.com/military_retirement_benefits.
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Answered on Aug 23rd, 2011 at 2:07 PM