50 U.S.C. § 3920

Legal representatives

(a) Representative

A legal representative of a servicemember for purposes of this chapter is either of the following:

(1)

An attorney acting on the behalf of a servicemember.

(2)

An individual possessing a power of attorney.

(b) Application

Whenever the term “servicemember” is used in this chapter, such term shall be treated as including a reference to a legal representative of the servicemember.

( Oct. 17, 1940, ch. 888 , title I, § 109, as added Pub. L. 108–189, § 1 , Dec. 19, 2003 , 117 Stat. 2840 .)