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THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL
DECISION;. OF THE UNITED STATES
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548
FILE: B-195652 DATE:April 1, 1980
MATTER OF: James C. Bowers - Reimbursement
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DIGEST: Transferred employee sold residence
at old duty station where the title
to the property was held in his, his
wife's and his parents' names. Prop-
erty purchased at new duty station
was held in his, his wife's and his
wife's parents' names. None of the
parents were members of the employee's
immediate family. Federal Travel Regu-
lations require that title to residence
be held in name of employee alone, or
jointly with one or more members of his
immediate family, or in the name of one
or more members of the immediate fam-
ily. Reimbursement of real estate
costs is therefore limited to extent
of the interest of the employee and
members of his immediate family in
residence, in this case 50 percent.
The issue presented upon an appeal from a settle-
of our Claims Division is to what extent are real estate
expenses reimbursable where an employee's parents names
or the names of his wife's parents appear on a deed as
co-owners solely because of financial requirements in
securing a loan. The employee may only be reimbursed
on a pro-rata basis.
James C. Bowers, an employee of the Department of
the Interior, was transferred from Santa Barbara, Cali-
fornia, to Laguna Niguel, California, in 1978. Upon
being transferred Mr. Bowers sold his family residence
in Santa Barbara and porchased a new residence at Yorba
Linda near his new duty station. Title to the property
that was sold in Santa Barbara was in the names of
Mr. Bowers, his wife and his parents. Title to the
property purchased in Yorba Linda was in the names of
Mr. Bowers, his wife, and his wife's parents. It appears
that the presence of the parents' names on the respective
titles was for the purpose of securing a home mortgage
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