Legal Question in Family Law in Virginia

Re: military retirement

Apparently, your former wife did not waive her right to pursue spousal support in the divorce otherwise the court would not have awarded it.

The attorney who represented you in the divorce matter(assuming that you had one)should have made it crystal clear in the property settlement agreement that the 50 % pension allotment would be all of the support that your ex was entitled to and that she would forever waive her right to pursue additional spousal support.

I see no way of your now being able to challenge this adverse court ruling from Alabama unless the Virginia court simply made a mistake and somehow was not aware of the fact your former wife was not entitled to additional spousal support under the terms of the divorce decree and therefore simply needs to be notified of this fact with a request that a hearing be scheduled(if necessary)to rectify the mistake.

However, if there was no mistake and the alimony award is to stand, in order to challenge it you will have to return to Virginia and engage the services of Virginia counsel.