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B-190750 1 (1978-08-11)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadggp0001 and id is 1 raw text is: 73C 3 CECISION r FILE: B-190750 *, THE COMPTROLLER 5ENRAL / F. TH9 UNiTED STATUS WABDINTON. .C. 20540 DATE: Awguot 72, i7f3- MATTER OF: DIGEST: Douglas U. Walldorff - Reimbursement of Attorney's fees 1. Employee cl'imed reimbursement for attorney's fees paid Incident to sale of old residence and purchase of new residence incident to transfer of station. Claim for attorney's fees for services in connection with closing on purchase of new residence is allowed only to extent such fee represents the attorney's work in conducting closing or preparing closing documents. Charges for conferences, cotrespon- dence and review of documents are advisory in nature and are not reimbursable. 2. Legal fees for the preparation of a sales contract are not reimbursable where the sale is not consummated. Charges for title search, abstract of title, tax search and similar activities are reimbursable only if customarily paid by seller of old residence or purchaser of new residence in area where transactions take place. 3. All expenses arising from legal services related to items determined to be structural changes or capital improvements are not reimbursable as they are reflected in the p.!rchase price of the residence and not pro- vided for in the regulations. This action is in response to a request from Ms. Dorothy Wells, an authorized certifying officer of the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), for a decision on the entitlement of Mr. Douglas D. Walldorff, an NLRB employee, to reimbursement of certain attorneys fees incurred in connection with the sale of his old residence and purchase of a new one incident to a permanent change of station. The original request for reimbursement of attorney fees was dis- allowed in part by the agency resulting in an appeal by the claimant. The record indicates that by a travel authorization dated April 19, 1976, Mr. Walldorff was transferred from Buffalo, New York, to Atlanta, Georgia. On or about August 27, 1976, Mr. Walldorff U- I

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