Federal · Title 50 — War and National Defense
50 U.S.C. § 3938a: Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child custody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act
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The Secretaries of each of the military departments shall ensure that each member of the Armed Forces with dependents receives annually, and prior to each deployment, notice of the child custody protections afforded to members of the Armed Forces under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( 50 U.S.C. 3901 et seq.).
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