50 USC § 3959 - Extension of protections to dependents

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identifier: "/us/usc/t50/s3959"
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title: "50 USC § 3959 - Extension of protections to dependents"
title_number: 50
title_name: "WAR AND NATIONAL DEFENSE"
section_number: "3959"
section_name: "Extension of protections to dependents"
chapter_number: 50
chapter_name: "SERVICEMEMBERS CIVIL RELIEF"
subchapter_number: "III"
subchapter_name: "RENT, INSTALLMENT CONTRACTS, MORTGAGES, LIENS, ASSIGNMENT, LEASES, COMMUNICATIONS SERVICE CONTRACTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "119-84"
last_updated: "2026-04-21"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
source_credit: "(Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2851.)"
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# § 3959. Extension of protections to dependents

Upon application to a court, a dependent of a servicemember is entitled to the protections of this subchapter if the dependent’s ability to comply with a lease, contract, bailment, or other obligation is materially affected by reason of the servicemember’s military service.

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**Source Credit**: (Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, title III, § 308, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1, Dec. 19, 2003, 117 Stat. 2851.)

## Editorial Notes

### Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 538 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

## Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries

### Effective Date

Section applicable to any case not final before , see , set out as a note under .