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B-202054 1 (1981-12-31)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadjzk0001 and id is 1 raw text is: k - /I / c 0 D ECISI11ON' 77 Ot-g THE COMPTROILLER flINIMAL OF TH!E UNITED STATIB WASHINGTON, 0,o0, 2054S FILEI B-202054 DAYE.' December 31, 1981 MATTER LIF DIGEST; Shipment and Storage of Household Goods for Divorced Service members 1. The permanent change-of-station trans- portation and storage of household goods entitlements are personal to the member of the uniformed services, Whether to release household goods in storage to a divorced ex-spouse or to use his trans- portation entitlement' to ship household goods to his divorced spouse at an alternate location are matters primarily for the member to decide considering any property settlement agreement or court order. 2. Any excess charges incurred by a service member as a result of using his transpor- tation entitlement to ship household goods to his divorced spouse at an alternate location must be borne by the member. 3. Nontemporary storage at Government expense of a service member's household goods should be terminated as soon as practica- ble after a State court awards the stored property to the member's ex-spouse and the member declines to use his transportation allowance to ship the goods to his divorced spouse, However, the goods may be retained in storage for a reasonable time, not to exceed the member's entitle- ment period, while the ex-spouse arranges for the disposition of the goods. 4. It is a matter for the service member to decide whether to use his transportation entitlement to ship household goods to his dlorced spouse at an alternate des- tinat n,. That the ex-spouse iq also a service member does not change this. While each member is allowed his trans- portation entitlement in his own right as a membet, if one member agrees to use p

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