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B-233353 1 (1989-06-02)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadnlo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: oof the United States Washington, D.C. 204 Decision Darlene Wyrick - Claim for Per Diem, Mileage and Temporary Quarters Subsistence Expenses - Matter of- Ineligible Dependent File: B-233353 Date: June 2, 1989 DIGEST A transferred employee was issued travel orders authorizing reimbursement of travel and temporary quarters subsistence expenses for herself, her spouse, and her daughter who was 22 years old. The employee was given a travel advance based on the estimated expenses for herself and the two family members. After she incurred expenses in reliance on the orders and submitted a voucher, the agency realized that the daughter was over 21 years old and precluded by regulation from beinq considered as a family member of the employee for purposes of relocation expenses. Her claim for travel expenses for her daughter may not be allowed. However, since she incurred expenses for the daughter in reliance on the erroneous orders, her debt for the portion of her travel advance still outstanding is subject to consideration for waiver. Case is remanded to the agency for computation of the debt subject to waiver. DECISION Ms. Darlene Wyrick, an employee of the Department of Agriculture, appeals the Claims Group's denial of her claim for travel allowances and temporary quarters subsistence expenses for her 22-year old daughter, Kimberly. We sustain the action taken by the Claims Group. However, since the claimant had received erroneous travel orders authorizing her daughter's expenses and she received a travel advance out of which she paid a substantial portion of her daugh- ter's expenses, her indebtedness for the portion of the travel advance outstanding after deducting her allowable expenses of relocation is subject to consideration for waiver. In early September 1987, Ms. Wyrick transferred from Edina, Missouri, to a GS-9 position in Washington, D.C. Prior to departing from Missouri, she received a travel authorization stating that for herself, her husband, and her child she

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