Service Members Civil Relief Act

In volume 2, issue 3 of Casefile Clues, the wife who filed for divorce, signed an affidavit indicating the husband was not in military service at the time of the divorce hearing. The divorce took place in 1921 for those who are not subscribers to the PDF version of Casefile Clues.

There was a reason for this. The Service Members Civil Relief Act was probably the reason for the affidavit.

To learn more, here are two sites with additional information:

• http://usmilitary.about.com/cs/sscra/a/scra2.htm
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Servicemembers_Civil_Relief_Act

There is a remote chance Mary was lying, but further research on William needs to be done.

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