Can you explain the recent changes to the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act?
Four notable changes to the SCRA were included in the Veterans’ Benefits Act of 2010 that was recently signed into law. The SCRA’s main purpose is to provide temporary financial relief to active-duty members and their families while they’re devoting themselves to military service. The recent amendments to the law address a number of issues left out of the original SCRA and its predecessor, the Soldiers and Sailors Civil Relief Act. Under the first change, service members now can terminate cell phone contracts if military orders require relocation for more than 90 days to an area that does not support the contract. In such instances, the service provider must reserve the phone number for up to three years in case the service member resubscribes for cell service within 90 days of the end of the relocation. The amendment applies to family plans as well as individual contracts. The next two enhancements apply once a service member’s SCRA protections are violated. Previously, a member was n
