uniformed services former spouses’ protection act
Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act. A federal statute that governs the disposition of military pension benefits to former spouses of persons in the armed services.10 USCA §§ 1401 et seq. • The Act permits state courts to treat military-retirement pay as marital property and to order payment of up to 50% of the retirement pay directly to the former spouse if the spouses were married for at least ten years while the employee served in the military. — Abbr. USFSPA.
