50 USC § 3938a - Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child custody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

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title: "50 USC § 3938a - Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child custody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act"
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section_name: "Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child custody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act"
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chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
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source_credit: "(Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 573, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2141.)"
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# § 3938a. Annual notice to members of the Armed Forces regarding child custody protections guaranteed by the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

50 U.S.C. 3901

The Secretaries of each of the military departments shall ensure that each member of the Armed Forces with dependents receives annually, and prior to each deployment, notice of the child custody protections afforded to members of the Armed Forces under the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act ( et seq.).

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**Source Credit**: (Pub. L. 114–328, div. A, title V, § 573, Dec. 23, 2016, 130 Stat. 2141.)

## Editorial Notes

### References in Text

The Servicemembers Civil Relief Act, referred to in text, is , , which is classified principally to this chapter. For complete classification of this Act to the Code, see Tables.

### Codification

Section was enacted as part of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017, and not as part of the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act which comprises this chapter.