Opinion ID: 2549122
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: Awards expressed using both a formula and a hypothetical award.

Text: The following proposed language is an example of an acceptable way to express an award using both an active duty marital fraction and an active duty hypothetical award together. The former spouse is awarded a percentage of the member's disposable military retired pay, to be computed by multiplying ____% times a fraction, the numerator of which is ____ months of marriage during the member's creditable military service, divided by the member's total number of months of creditable military service at retirement. For the purpose of this computation, the member's military retired pay is defined as the military retired pay the member would have received had the member retired on ____(Date) with a retired pay base of ____ with _____ years of creditable service. The following proposed language is an example of an acceptable way to express an award using both a reserve duty marital fraction and a reserve duty hypothetical award together. The former spouse is awarded a percentage of the member's disposable military retired pay, to be computed by multiplying ____% times a fraction, the numerator of which is ____ reserve retirement points earned during the period of the marriage, divided by the member's total number of reserve retirement points earned. For the purpose of this computation, the member's military retired pay is defined as the military retired pay the member would have received had the member become eligible to receive military retired pay on ____(Date) at the rank of ____ with ____ reserve retirement points and ____ years of service for basic pay purposes.  The date the member attains age 60 and is eligible to receive military retired pay.