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B-227728 1 (1988-03-23)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnan0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oThe Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof- Chester F. Dean - Deceased Federal Employees - Disposition of Unpaid Compensation File: B-227728 Date: March 23, 1988 DIGEST The disposition of the unpaid compensation of a federal employee is governed exclusively by federal statute and regulation. Under federal law, entitlement to such unpaid compensation vests in the beneficiary designated by the employee, notwithstanding any competing claims that may be presented by others not so designated who claim entitle- ment on the basis of local laws or court orders. Hence, in the case of a Deoartment of Energy employee who named his father as his beneficiary, the father became entitled to the unpaid compensation due the employee at the time of his death, rather than the employee's widow who claimed entitle- ment to the unpaid federal compensation on the basis of a state court order issued in divorce proceedings. DECISION This action responds to a request for an advance decision concerning the unpaid compensation due a deceased employee of the Department of Energy.l/ Conflicting claims for that unpaid compensation have been presented by the employee's father, who is the designated beneficiary, and the employ- ee's widow, who was removed by the employee as the desig- nated beneficiary allegedly in defiance of a state court order. We conclude that the employee's father, as designated beneficiary, is the proper recipient of the unpaid compensation. 1/ The request for an advance decision was submitted by George E. Burkett, Director, Special Accounts and Payroll Division, U.S. Department of Energy.

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