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B-214719 1 (1984-06-25)

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  OECISION      .l.        0P THN UNITED STATES
                           WASHINGTON. 0. C. 20546




  FILE:   B-214719               DATE: June 25, 1984

  MATTER OF:     Court Leave


  DIGEST:

     Employee summoned to appear on several
     occasions in juvenile court proceedings in
     Pennsylvania concerning her son requests
     court leave under 5 U.S.C. S 6322. The
     employee is not entitled to court leave since
     she was summoned as a party to the proceed-
     ings under a Pennsylvania statute which
     provides that the court shall summon the
     parents, guardian, or custodian, and any
     other persons as appear to the court to be
     proper or necessary parties to the
     proceeding. 

     The matter presented to us by the Defense Logistics
Agency is whether an employee of the Defense Industrial
Supply Center is entitled to court leave in connection with
her attendance under subpoena at a juvenile court proceeding
involving her son.1  The employee is not entitled to court
leave under 5 U.S.C. § 6322 since she was summoned to court
proceedings in her capacity as the juvenile's parent as a
party to the proceedings.

     The employee was absent from work on November 14, and
23, 1983, and on December 2, and 13, 1983, in connection
with her attendance in juvenile court at hearings for her
son charged with being delinquent.  In connection with these
absences the employee has requested that she be granted a
total of 32 hours of court leave. The agency advises that
it has not granted the requested court leave since there is
some doubt as to whether the employee was in fact summoned
as a witness for purposes of the court leave provisions.

     The subpoena issued by the Court of Common Pleas of
Philadelphia, Family Division, for the hearing dated
November 14, 1983, does not mention the employee by name.
The block on that subpoena which denotes the charge states

1 The request for an advance decision is presented by
   Mr. R. J. Fitzgerald, Comptroller, Headquarters, Defense
   Personnel Support Center, Defense Logistics Agency,
   Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

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