Senate approves spouse state residency rules

Rick Maze

ArmyTimes

Military spouses would get the same options service members now enjoy for choosing — and keeping — a state of residency under legislation approved Thursday by the Senate as part of the 2010 defense authorization bill.

The spouse residency provision, sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., applies to voting rights, driver’s licenses and vehicle registration, property ownership and income and property taxes. It also could help in divorce cases because it makes it easier for military spouses to have property in their own name.

Source: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/07/military_spouses_stateresidency_072409w/