50 U.S.C. § 3902

Section 3902 · Purpose

This is the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act

Amended 2 times on record

Applied in 16 court decisions — leading case In re the Marriage of Bradley (2006)

Most recently applied in Rivera Ortiz v. Rolón Merced (March 2025)

The purposes of this chapter are—

(1) to provide for, strengthen, and expedite the national defense through protection extended by this chapter to servicemembers of the United States to enable such persons to devote their entire energy to the defense needs of the Nation; and

(2) to provide for the temporary suspension of judicial and administrative proceedings and transactions that may adversely affect the civil rights of servicemembers during their military service.

Editorial notes U.S. Code · Office of the Law Revision Counsel

Codification

Section was formerly classified to section 502 of the former Appendix to this title prior to editorial reclassification and renumbering as this section.

Prior Provisions

Provisions similar to this section were contained in section 100 of act Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888, art. I, 54 Stat. 1179, prior to the general amendment of this Act by Pub. L. 108–189.