The original poster mentioned that he was deployed. The SCRA usually acts as a blanket of protection against lawsuits to allow a service member to devote their time to duty. In other words it will protect their rights. If a service member is serving in Iraq, and the spouse back home wants a divorce, then any proceedings would be postponed until the service member was in a position to be actively involved. If the deployed service member initiates the law suit (i.e. divorce) then he/she may not have the same protection. He should talk to the JAG before he decides on making the first move.