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B-247125 1 (1992-06-12)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadoeo0001 and id is 1 raw text is: IDA 20641 , tt ernof: t , . N ate: t Ar.- 5p~6 John K. Bowman B-247125 June 12, 1992 IDIGEST <s'Transferred employee was divorced from his wife approximately 2-1/2 years prior to his transfer, The y.judgment of divorce ordered the sale of the marital 1'residence, the wife to remain in possession pending the isale, and the employee to make the mortgage payments and pay .0property taxes. The employee moved into an apartment and 4ived there for more than 3 years when notified of his Itransfer, He is not entitled to reimbursement of real JIstate expenses incurred in the sale of the property since ihe was not residing there at the time he was first notified k-of his transfer in accordance with the FTR, 41 C.F.R. ,! '3O2-6.1(d) (1991). Although the residence was not sold 5sxuntil approximately I month after his transfer, the sale of ehe property under the final divorce decree was incident to .the employee's divorce, not his transfer. rDECIS ION This decision is in response to a request concerning the entitlement of Mr. John K. Bowman, an employee of the Forest Service, United States Department of Agriculture, to reimbursement of real estate expenses incurred incident to his change of official stations from Park Falls, Wisconsin, to Petersburg, Alaska, in May 1989.1 For the reasons stated in this decision, Mr. Bowman is not entitled to reimbursement of the claimed real estate sale expenses and may not be refunded the $2,626.88 previously paid to him and collected back by the Forest Service. 1' Ii 4 @19 4 'I. 'I 4; I!JI.i~j 1' 'I; it' 'The request was submitted by Mr. Darold D. Foxworthy, Authorized Certifying Officer, Forest Service, reference 6540, pursuant to the terms of a no-fault pre-discrimination Complaint settlement agrement wherein the employee and the agency agreed to the submission of the claim to the Comptroller General for a decision. / Z/ j/., OZ. ap

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