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cjgl-2553	Decker, Brian R.	“The Toughest Job”: Adkins v. Rumsfeld, Gender, Incentives, and the Uniformed Services Former Spouses’ Protection Act	2008	30	.pdf	application/pdf	11432	486	60	s8 Califano v. Webster, 430 U.S. 313, 320 (1977) (per curiam) (quoting Califano v. Goldfarb, 430 U.S. 199, 223 (Stevens, J., concurring)). 2008] Columbia Journal of Gender and Law of the USFSPA on a fifty-fifty community property regime where, in the absence of the opportunity to divide the military pension, the state court would opt not to divide the spouse's pension (and assume that, if the court does divide the military pension, it divides the spouse's pension as well): Pension values Division upon Division upon before divorce divorce without the divorce under the USFSPA USFSPA Only the member Member = $40,000 Member = $40,000 Member = $20,000 has a pension Spouse = $0 Spouse = $0 Spouse = $20,000 Member pension Member = $40,000 Member = $40,000 Member = $30,000 > spouse pension Spouse = $20,000 Spouse = $20,000 Spouse = $30,000 Member pension Member = $40,000 Member = $40,000 Member = $40,000 = spouse pension Spouse = $40,000 Spouse = $40,000 Spouse = $40,000 Member pension Member = $40,000 Member = $40,000 Member = $50,000 < spouse pension Spouse = $60,000 Spouse = $60,000 Spouse = $50,000 Table 1: Divided Pension Values Where the Court Would Opt, or Be Compelled, Not to Divide the Spouse's Pension Unless It Divides the Military Pension as Well. Assume member pension = $40,000.	cache/cjgl-2553.pdf	txt/cjgl-2553.txt