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B-223542 1 (1987-05-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmri0001 and id is 1 raw text is: L.E The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 2048 Decision Matthew I. Chibbaro - Real Estate Matterof- Purchase Expenses - Title Requirements File: B-223542 Date: May 12, 1987 DIGEST An employee, who was single when he transferred to a new duty station, later married and purchased a residence with his new wife. Although the employee was not married at the time he transferred, he was married before settlement on his resi- dence. The employee's claim for real estate expenses may be allowed without limitation since, at the time of settlement, he acquired title in the name of himself and a member of his immediate family. DECISION The issue presented here is whether a transferred employee who marries after reporting to his new duty station but before purchasing a new residence may be reimbursed for the full amount of the otherwise allowable real estate expenses. For the reasons set forth below, we hold that the employee may be reimbursed for 100 percent of the allowable purchase expenses. BACKGROUND This decision is in response to a request from the National Security Agency (NSA) concerning a claim for relocation expenses by Mr. Matthew I. Chibbaro, an NSA employee. Mr. Chibbaro was transferred from Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, to Fort George C. Meade, Maryland, effective September 14, 1984, and he was authorized relocation expenses in connection with that transfer. At the time Mr. Chibbaro transferred, he was not married. He later married, and he and his wife jointly purchased a residence in the area of his new duty station in October 1985. The agency limited Mr. Chibbaro's claim for reim- bursement of real estate expenses to 50 percent of the authorized expenses since, at the time he reported to his ~k

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