ARA (American Retirees Association), marks its 45th year of political activism as the oldest and only organization in the United States totally focused on reclaiming and securing our hard-earned military retirement benefits. Our presence in Washington, D.C. ensures that Congress continues to be made aware of inequities in Federal laws that seek to reduce those benefits. This year also marks the first year of our assimilation of the USA (Uniformed Services Association) giving us an even greater voice in Washington.
Larry White, President l2white@aol.com
Vic Wintriss, Founder sdvic@me.com
Mission Statement
The American Retirees Association (ARA) is a non profit organization, chartered expressly to deal with the impact of the Uniformed Services Former Spouses Protection Act (USFSPA) (10 U.S.C. 1408 et seq.) on uniformed service personnel. The ARA was founded by Vic Wintriss:
ARA administrative headquarters is located in Redlands, California, where our financial, newsletter and literature publication and product sales, etc., matters are managed by our office staff.
ARA Membership
Our ARA Newsletter has been in production for over 30 years and is available to all ARA Members by download or direct mail. View an example cover page of the Newsletter here. Better yet, become an ARA Member, and receive the latest Fall 2024 edition (four editions a year). Please support our 40 year campaign to make the FSPA a fairer and more equitable Federal Law for all active, reserve and retired U.S military personnel. The cost of ARA membership remains $30 a year or $3 a month as it always has been over the years.
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Divorce and the Military
A Comprehensive Guide for Service Members, Spouses and Attorneys
The Uniformed Services Former Spouses' Protection Act (USFSPA) authorizes courts to award up to 50 percent of a uniformed service member's retired pay to an ex-spouse for life, and does not preclude the award of other support from retired pay.
• Whether single, divorced, or contemplating divorce, the service member, spouse, and attorneys need to know the 20 factors that affect military divorces and how the divorce process and retired pay are influenced by the USFSPA.
• If you are an attorney, this book will provide information you need to better represent or advise clients in this specialized area of family law. The book includes a new full disclosure chapter on military benefits that you can use in discovery. This expanded version also contains a new chapter on how the USFSPA and disability pay have been interpreted in the 50 states.
• A new chapter identifies financial planning considerations that both the service member and spouse must evaluate in a military divorce.
• Learn about the 12 controversies cited in divorce case appeals, which have created problems through as many interpretations as there are courts.
• The USFSPA applies to all active duty, reserve/guard, and retired military, U.S. Coast Guard, and members of the USPHS and the NOAA.
A short note to our donors and supporters:
ARA has a long track record of maximizing the impact of your donations in support of divorced U.S. military personnel Active, Retired and Reserve. Our organization was founded by veterans in 1984 and is presently managed and funded by that small group of retired founders. That's why we're proud to operate with exceptionally low administrative expenses, ensuring that every dollar raised goes directly towards our mission.
Our operation is essentially self-funded with no board member fees, no reimbursed travel expenses, no salaries and no allowances. We rely totally on donations, both yours and ours, to keep the ship afloat for the sole purpose of covering ongoing printing and mailing costs, website expenses and communications costs. We’ve done that every year since ARA was founded and would be more than grateful if you could help us continue to serve by donating and becoming an ARA member. Please support us and help us grow. Thank you!
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