Advocates for military families say a growing number of soldiers are losing custody of their children, not because they're bad parents but because they've been deployed overseas to Iraq and Afghanistan.[...]
Greg Rinckey, a former Army attorney who specializes in military law, says judges are still free to rule that lengthy and repeated deployments have disrupted a soldier's home life to such a degree that a child's custody should be altered.
"In my experience in the JAG corps, I can say that this happens hundreds of times across the nation, if not even more," Rinckey says.
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Pentagon officials and military-family support groups say there are no statistics on the number of military parents who have lost custody of their children following deployments.
But they agree that the number is increasing, sending waves of anger and fear through the military.
The Army Times newspaper published a scathing editorial on the subject last month, written by managing editor Chuck Finch.
"We have a volunteer military, and the idea of volunteering to serve your country and then facing the prospect of losing your children — it's a little mind-boggling," Finch says.
....but hey, do what you want....you will anyway.
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