With decades of experience working with active and retired military personnel posted or employed in the defense industries around Huntsville, Fulton Hamilton is familiar with the stresses that frequent mobility and military service can place on families, as well as the special considerations that frequently need to be addressed in a military divorce.
Reliable Legal Advice for Active and Retired Military Personnel in North Alabama
Contact the law firm of Fulton S. Hamilton, Attorney At Law in Huntsville to learn how his 30 years of practical family law experience in military divorce situations can benefit you. From the residence and jurisdictional issues that can complicate the timing and venue of a divorce case to the fair distribution of military pension benefits, his advice and advocacy can benefit both military clients and nonmilitary spouses of active or retired service members.
Our law firm knows how the fact of military service can complicate any or all of the main issues that need to be resolved in a divorce case: child custody, visitation, child support, spousal support and property division. Custody and visitation issues can be especially difficult when a service member on active duty or reserve status is subject to long overseas deployment.
Even the calculation of child support can present problems when service members assume that the tax-free character of certain allowances and bonuses means that they will not count as income under the Alabama child support guidelines. This assumption is mistaken, and many military parents can find themselves liable for very substantial back support obligations. An experienced lawyer's advice can help you avoid miscalculations and resolve the problems presented by past arrearages.
North Alabama Attorney for Military Pension and Benefits Issues in Divorce
Because of the nature of Huntsville's defense installations, many of our firm's military divorce clients, especially career officers and Department of Defense personnel detailed to military contract work, are concerned about their interest in government pensions and veterans benefits. We can help you understand how to deal with these assets in the property division portion of your case. We also advise military and nonmilitary clients about the operation of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act, which gives the nonmilitary spouse in a long-term military marriage important rights that increase with the length of the marriage and the years of military service.
Huntsville military divorce lawyer Fulton Hamilton bases his client service on a strong relationship with each person he serves. Many clients of his firm turn to Mr. Hamilton for advice on a number of legal issues, including real estate, business law and estate planning, often several years after the successful resolution of a divorce or family law matter.
To learn how an experienced attorney builds and protects client relationships in the context of a military divorce or family law problem, contact the law firm of Fulton S. Hamilton, Attorney At Law in Huntsville.
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