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B-196727 1 (1980-05-20)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadigu0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISI FILE: B-1 MATTER DIGEST: This ac decision fro Office, Japa children of dependents f ance purpose assignment i No. 79-35 by Allowance Co 9 N 96727 STHE CDMIMTFIOLLER GENERAL * ~~OF THE UNITED STATES WAS H ING TON, 0. C. 2054 8 DATE:May 20, 1980 )F: Captain Rodney H. Bowman 1. A service member has two stepchildren who are authorized concurrent travel and accompany him on his permanent change-of-station assignment, and he claims.5ntitlement to reimbursement for ceost-o-th-e transportation and A temporary lodging allowance. Pursuant to service regulations authorized by 37 U.S.C. 401, 405 and 406,-in order for stepchildren to qualify as his in fact dependents, he must show substantial support which is defined as being not less than 30 percent of the total cost of support, regardless of value of items which make up that total so long as they are reasonable. 2. Support payments received by a stepchild from its natural parent are considered as income for the purpose of establishing dependency for travel and transportation allowance entitlements of a stepparent member claimed on the stepchild's behalf. Thus, the support payments are appropriate offsets from the total support costs incurred for the purpose of determining whether the stepparent member has satis- fied the substantial support requirement of the regulations, regardless of whether such income is actually expended for that purpose. See cases cited. tion is in response to a request for advance m the United States Army Finance and Accounting n, on the question as to whether the step- Captain Rodney H. Bowman, USA, qualify as his or transportation and temporary lodging allow- s incident to his permanent change-of-station n 1979. This matter has been assigned Control the Per Diem, Travel and Transportation mmittee. 6!5;22' \\Z 7eVA 4

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