Posted on Jun 19, 2018
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Me and my ex-wife are both in the military, we have one kid together, and the kid is under her care, so would I receive full BAH if I’m paying child support?
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SGT Joseph Gunderson
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1. When a member is divorced from a nonmember, and they share
joint legal custody of a child, and the ex-spouse is awarded primary physical custody, then the
member is considered a noncustodial parent for the purpose of entitlement to BAH. If the
member’s court-ordered child support is less than the applicable BAH-DIFF rate, and the
member is not residing in, or assigned to, government quarters, the member is entitled only to
BAH at the without dependents rate. However, members who pay additional support to the exspouse
having primary custody of the child(ren) so that the total child support provided is equal
to or more than the BAH-DIFF rate, and who are not assigned to government quarters, are
entitled to BAH at the without dependents rate and BAH-DIFF.
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LCpl Ferdinand Hughes
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I checked on it, you have to qualify for SINGLE BAH, since she is claiming the child. You'll get BAH Diff.
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LCpl Ferdinand Hughes
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It depends, are you living in non government quarters? If yes, then you would get BAH with Dependents for Child Support purposes only. If in governments quarters, then it's BAH Diff. It's command discretion as far as if you can continue to live non government quarters. Check with your MILPO and Disbo for clarification of Army regs. I primarily deal with the Navy now, but in a nutshell BAH rules are universal.
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