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B-228767 1 (1988-09-14)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnfi0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States / Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Francis E. Deugaw, USA (Retired) (Deceased) - Matterof* Claim for Retired Pay File: B-228767 Date: September 14, 1988 DIGEST Where a designated beneficiary for purposes of retired pay fails to file a claim and cannot be located within 3 years after a member's death, the person next in order of precedence, here the surviving spouse, is entitled to the unpaid retired pay of the member pursuant to i0 U.S.C. S 2771(a) (1982) and 4 C.F.R. S 34.3(c) (1988). DECISION This decision is in response to a request from the United States Army Finance and Accounting Center, Indianapolis, Indiana (Army), as to whether Mrs. Gisela Twomey, formerly Mrs. Gisela Deugaw, is entitled to receive the unpaid retired pay of Francis E. Deugaw, USA (Retired) (Deceased). For the following reasons, we find that she is so entitled. BACKGROUND The record before us indicates that on June 7, 1965, Mr. Deugaw designated his wife, Mrs. Ruth Deugaw, as his beneficiary for unpaid pay. On October 14, 1968, Mr. Deugaw was granted a divorce from Ruth Deugaw.l/ On September 25, 1970, Mr. Deugaw married Gisela Kabey, who then became known as Mrs. Gisela Deugaw, before the Registrar of Marriages in Nauheim in the Federal Republic of Germany. On February 14, 1983, Mr. Deugaw died.2/ l/ Deugaw v. Deugaw, Case No. 172114 (Cir. Ct. Hillsborough County, Florida, Oct. 14, 1968). 2/ Mrs. Gisela Deugaw has since remarried and is now known as Mrs. Gisela Twomey.

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