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B-226914 1 (1988-09-09)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnfa0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroler General of the United States Washington. D.C. 20548 Decision Leroy Chase, Jr. (Deceased) - Claims for Unpaid Matterof- Compensation File: B-226914 Date: September 9, 1988 DIGEST The disposition of the unpaid compensation of a deceased federal civilian employee is governed by the order of precedence in 5 U.S.C. S 5582(b) (1982). Where a claimant has sufficiently established that she had a common-law marriage with the employee and thus was his widow, this determination places her in a higher order of precedence than the employee's children for claiming unpaid compensation. DECISION This decision is in response to an appeal by Ms. Carol Ray Chase from our Claims Group's determination, Z-2854917, Jan. 28, 1987, which denied her claim for $733.85, the amount of unpaid compensation due to Leroy Chase, Jr. (deceased), a former civilian employee of the Department of the Navy. For the following reasons and on the basis of further evidence submitted to our Office subsequent to our Claims Group's determination, we conclude that Ms. Carol Ray Chase is entitled to the unpaid compensation. BACKGROUND After the death of Mr. Chase on October 9, 1983, the Navy received two claims for the unpaid compensation due to the deceased. The first claim was filed by his former spouse, Ms. Genee M. Chase, on behalf of their two minor children, Robert A. and Ryan L. Chase. We note that Genee M. Chase was divorced from Leroy Chase, Jr., on March 31, 1983.1/ The second claim was filed by Ms. Carol D. Ray, now known as Ms. Carol Ray Chase, who alleges that she was the common-law 1/ Chase v. Chase, Civil Action No. D2751-82 (Sup. Ct. D.C. March 31, 1983).

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