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Military Issues in Family Law Guidebook


Practice Area:
Family


Description

Increased military deployments in recent years have brought a corresponding increased need for information on how this can affect family law matters. The second edition of this Guidebook by author Douglas C. Fredrick, a solo practitioner in Springfield and a JAG officer, features updated analysis, new chapters, and an expanded discussion of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act. The Guidebook includes an overview of: 

•    statutes pertaining to servicemembers under Chapter 452, RSMo; 
•    serving a servicemember; 
•    tolling of statutes of limitations;  
•    protections for custody cases;
•    financial benefits available to servicepersons; 
•    division of military retired pay;  
•    and more.

2nd ed. 2017 (50 pages)

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Mr. Fredrick received his Bachelors in Business Administration and Juris Doctor from
UMKC, a Certificate of Comparative Law from Peking University in Beijing, China, his masters
degree in Military Science and Joint Airpower from Arizona State University, and also graduated
from the United States Army’s Judge Advocate General School of Law and the Air Force’s
Squadron Officer School.

He practiced law at Fredrick, Rogers and Vaughn, P.C. for five years before starting his
own law firm in 2008. He practices primarily in the areas of family law, real estate, business
transactions and litigation, and appeals in both the Missouri Court of Appeals (Southern District)
and the Missouri Supreme Court.

Mr. Fredrick has authored several publications, including the first and second edition of
the MoBar Military Issues in Family Law, and his article Cryptocurrency And Blockchain; Here
We Go Down The Rabbit Hole was published in the Missouri Bar Journal, and republished in the
Wisconsin Bar Journal, Family Law Lawyer Magazine, and Computer and Internet Lawyer
Journal. He has served on many charitable boards and Missouri Bar committees, and routinely
teaches CLE seminars on a variety of topics. Mr. Fredrick has been an adjunct professor in the
Breech School of Business at Drury University since 2017 and helped establish their NCAA
Women’s Triathlon program. He served in the Army Reserves as a JAG officer from 2005 until
2012, when he switched to the Air Force Reserves.


Content

Chapters

 

1   |   Locating a Servicemember
2   |   Servicing a Servicemember
3   |   Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
4   |   Tolling of Statutes of Limitations, Enforcement of Servicemembers Civil
               Relief Act, and Custody Case Protections
5   |   Statutes Pertaining to Servicemembers Under Chapter 452, RSMo
6   |   Division of Military Retired Pay
7   |   Thrift Savings Plan
8   |   Survivor Benefit Plan
9   |   Transitional Compensation
10 |   Interim Financial Support