RaeMarie

https://www.statesidelegal.org/va-apportionment-and-child-support-issues has very accurate and useful information regarding apportionment claims/divorce/child support. If your former spouse receives VA disability they can also be receiving a certain dollar amount for each dependent that they claim. What an apportionment claim does is send that dollar amount to the dependent (or legal physical guardian of said dependent) instead of the veteran receiving it directly. For example, while married, my veteran disabled husband received a disability 'base' pay and additional $ for myself as his spouse and $ for each of our 3 children. When we divorced, he continued to receive the dependent monetary portions and never once sent a dime to me (I have custody of the children). Because it's 'disability' income the state cannot enforce child support payments. I just learned about apportionment claims (5.5 years post divorce) and have filed on behalf of our children.