- Jurisdiction
- Virginia
Hello –
My wife and I are pursuing an uncontested divorce where we have agreed on the division of all marital assets, to include my military retirement pay. We have employed an attorney to prepare and file the paperwork. My question concerns the language required in the final decree to effect the division of my military retirement annuity as we've agreed. My understanding is that a separate court order beyond the final decree is not necessary, and that the language in the decree must specify the division as a percentage of the disposable retirement pay and/or a fixed dollar amount. Is this correct, and are there any other considerations we should make? Thanks.
My wife and I are pursuing an uncontested divorce where we have agreed on the division of all marital assets, to include my military retirement pay. We have employed an attorney to prepare and file the paperwork. My question concerns the language required in the final decree to effect the division of my military retirement annuity as we've agreed. My understanding is that a separate court order beyond the final decree is not necessary, and that the language in the decree must specify the division as a percentage of the disposable retirement pay and/or a fixed dollar amount. Is this correct, and are there any other considerations we should make? Thanks.