Mansell, 490 U.S. at 588, 109 S.Ct. 2023. While it is true that state law usually governs family law matters, the United States Supreme Court has recognized that federal law may preempt state law in family law cases. See Mansell, 490 U.S. at 587, 109 S.Ct. 2023. To preempt state family law, Congress must show its intent by “direct enactment.” See Mansell, 490 U.S. at 587, 109 S.Ct. 2023. The United States Supreme Court held that section 1408 preempted state law and noted that the law is both precise and limited. See Mansell, 490 U.S. at 588, 109 S.Ct. 2023. Thus, the Act grants state courts only limited authority to allocate military retirement benefits. See Mansell, 490 U.S. at 588, 109 S.Ct. 2023; see also Hisquierdo v. Hisquierdo, 439 U.S. 572, 581, 99 S.Ct. 802, 59 L.Ed.2d 1 (1979) (<HOLDING>). Because the Act preempts state law and
holding that congress may not direct a state to enact or enforce a particular law or type of law holding that fehba does not completely preempt state law holding flsa did not preempt state law fraud claim holding that in allocating a federal entitlement congress may preempt state family law by direct enactment holding that where a conflict between state and federal law is alleged it must be reasonable to conclude that congress would have intended to preclude the state law in question since it would make little sense to preempt state law in order to serve the purposes underlying federal legislation if congress itself would not require or admit of preemption of state authority