Rachel L. Virk, P.C. Email Us 46090 Lake Center Plaza, Suite 307 Potomac Falls, Virginia 20165 Phone: 703-444-3355 Fax: 703-444-0393

Rachel L.Virk, P.C. is a full service Family Law and Mediation firm, with expertise in military legal issues. Ms. Virk is a Virginia Supreme Court Certified Family Law Mediator and a Collaborative Law Practitioner with over 19 years of experience in Northern Virginia.

Ms. Virk will knowledgably advise you and address your concerns regarding marital rights under the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act and the Servicemember’s Civil Relief Act. 

Perhaps you have some of the following questions:

1. Can military retired pay be paid by direct payment from DFAS by voluntary allotment if there are not ten years or more of service during the marriage?
2. How is a beneficiary designation or deemed election made for former spouse coverage under the Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP)?
3. Can a suspended SBP entitlement be reinstated if a remarriage before age 55 occurs, if the remarriage ends in divorce?
4. What if disposable retired pay is waived to receive disability payments – whether Concurrent Disability Payments or Concurrent Retirement and Disability Payments?
5. Is child support suspended if the service member goes missing, or would the payments continue if the payments were set up as an allotment?
6. For how long can a spouse or former spouse utilize a military identification card, Commissary, PX and theater privileges?
7. Will military health coverage continue for a former spouse after a divorce?
8. What are creditable service points?
9. At what age can a reservist elect SBP coverage?

Call Rachel for the answers.

 Also, take a look at Rachel Virk's new book, The Four Ways of Divorce, available at www.thefourwaysofdivorce.com.

Rachel Lewis Virk, Attorney at Law

With over nineteen years of litigation experience throughout Northern Virginia, Ms.Virk will guide you through the uncertainty and turmoil surrounding the decision to separate, will inform you as to military law and practice, and will help you make your new life plan.

We are located 5 minutes from the Dulles Town Center Mall.

Memberships:

• Member of the Virginia State Bar since 1989, and Family Law Section Member
• Member of the Fairfax County Bar Association since 1990, and Family Law Section Member
• Member of the Loudoun County Bar Association since 2000
• Member of the VBA/VSB Virginia Alternative Dispute Resolution Joint Committee since 2005 
• Member of the Virginia Mediation Network since 2005
• Member of the International Academy of Collaborative Professionals since 2005
• Member of the Collaborative Professionals of Northern Virginia since 2005
• Member of the Virginia Collaborative Professionals since 2007 

Please email us or visit our website for additional information.

Articles by Rachel L. Virk, P.C.:

• Considerations Involving Military Servicemembers