Divorced, moving to the barracks, have visitation rights. How did you deal with this situation?

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 09:56:53 -0400

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2016 10:14 AM

SSG Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 10:14:48 -0400

Quick facts: Divorced, Split custody, stationed in Germany, ex-spouse local national, ex and son live in the same area, housing denied ETP for housing, moving out of house and there is no available storage. Honestly it's not looking so bright right now. I won all of the furniture in the house and I have 8 years worth of stuff that is in there. I have a week and a half to move out and there is my major problem. No storage available. Local storage is possible but I am having a hell of a time finding any. Second is housing denied my ETP to keep my house in order to keep my visitation rights. My divorce decree states that I have split custody but does not specifically say 180 consecutive days. Housing said it needs to say that but my lawyer said they do not put that in there. No clue why besides him just saying that. So my only option right now is to pay for a hotel room off post here in Germany every other weekend. This is gonna get expensive as I will be paying in Euro and not Dollars. So every other weekend I have my son plus the one day a week I get to visit him also, I have him on holidays since my ex works a security job. So it seems as if the future is looking gloomy right now because of the child support and costs of renting hotels to see my son. Not looking for sympathy but just wanting to see if anyone can shed some light on what I can go about doing to help ease the situation.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2016 12:53 PM

SFC Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 12:53:22 -0400

SSG Private RallyPoint Member I cannot help on the legal side, but I can suggest that you bring this up to your chain of command, and maybe talk to the chaplain see if he got any suggestions

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Nov 3 at 2016 1:06 PM

MAJ Private RallyPoint Member — Thu, 03 Nov 2016 13:06:28 -0400

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Response by CPL Billy Tharp made Nov 9 at 2016 8:18 PM

CPL Billy Tharp — Wed, 09 Nov 2016 20:18:13 -0500

You have dependents you should not be in the barracks

Response by SN Jennifer Shearouse made Nov 11 at 2016 10:18 PM

SN Jennifer Shearouse — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 22:18:57 -0500

If you have partial custody you should be eligible for housing.