Civilian lawyers who understand the relationship between the military and the civilian world, can absolutely assist in moving forward with coming up with agreements that relate to the military service member and the family of military members.

Can civilian lawyers help in military divorces? Once again, you have to take into account that the military is not going to give you a divorce. If you are living in Texas and your spouse is living in Texas and someone is serving in active duty in Texas, Texas is the appropriate state to file your divorce.

Civilian lawyers who understand the relationship between the military and the civilian world can absolutely assist in moving forward with coming up with agreements that relate to the military service member and the family of military members.

A lot of times, that's going to involve understanding what is going to happen in the event of a deployment. What's going to happen when the military father gets a divorce and there's children that are going to be left in the care of Mom while Father goes on a deployment, and what's going to happen when he returns. Will he be able to get make-up parenting time for all the Christmas time he missed, Thanksgiving? That's an important feature. People need to think about that ahead of time.