I am actually writing for my Mother. She and my father divorced in 1976, a couple of years after he retired. The divorce states she is entitled to half the marital assets. It did not go into any more detail than that. My question is should she have been getting half of his retirement benefits all this time? They were married the entire time he was in the military. She is living off her social security $900.00 a month and the extra money would really make her life better and really wouldn't hurt my Dad.