Thank you for the detailed info; my situation is as this that alimony and child support is and will be paid on time, but retirmement will be an uphill battle. My court order says I am entitled to 114 months of retirment, but that is less than 10 yrs so DFAS will not disburse to me and i am hearing from others that the court order has to say what percentage you get in order to be paid. I am getting confused I guess on this some say if you have the formula in the decree they won't pay, but in my case they wont pay me directly anyway since we were married lest then 10 yrs.