The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act is designed to give broad financial and legal protections to active-duty troops and their families. However, recent reports indicate that the SCRA has fallen short of its intended goal. Citing numerous cases in which servicemembers have not received the required protections under SCRA, lawmakers are considering more than a dozen changes to the bill, covering issues such as preventing child custody changes while troops are deployed and allowing troops to suspend their cell phone accounts while they're overseas. To learn more, read the full story at Military.com.
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SCRA Troop Protections Under Review
Week of August 06, 2007
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