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B-203620 1 (1982-03-04)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadkcw0001 and id is 1 raw text is: DECISION THI COMPTROLLER G0'NERAL OF T!-!!i UNITED I3TATM5 WAS HIN GTO N, 0.t IO as4 a B-203620 DATE; March 4, 1982 MATTER DIGEST; OF; Bruce P 9 Lenz Navy member erroneously received basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) at the witb dependents rate while matng court-ordered support payments to his dependent child in amounts less than the applicable BAQ rate, tHe had been informed that to be entitled to BAQ his support payments could ndt be less than the BAQ rate. Later he received conflicting information regarding the effect of reducing his allotment for support payments. In the circumstances it is deemed equitable to grant partial waiver in the amount which he actually allotted to the support of the child. Mrs Bruce P. Lenz, a former member of the United States Navy, requests reconsideration of our Claims Division's July 9, 1979 denial of his application for waiver of his debt to the United States in the amount of $685.50. The debt arose from erroneous payments of basic allowance for- quarters (BAQ) at the with dependents rate that he received during the period October 1, 1976, through February 15, 1977, when the amount of support provided his dependent was less than the applicable AQ rate@ Upon review we find that partial waiver of the debt may be granted9 By judgment of the County Court of Grant County, Wisconsin, dated June 23, 1975, Mr. Lenz was adjudgedA!to be the father of a child born May 25, 1975, and he was ordered to make support payments in the amount of $50 per month beginning August 1, 1975. ie was further ordered to paiy 641.80 for doctor bills and hospitalization, at the rate of $20 per month, such payment also beginning August 1, 1975. Both payments were to be made through the Cler of the Court. At that time Mr. Lenz was 18 years of age and had just recently enlisted in the Navy. Mr. Lenz applied for BAQ at the with dependents rate on Septembet\26, 1975, claiming the child as his dependent effective August 1, 1975. The application was received at the Navy Family Allowance hctivity on November 7, 1975. Prior to approval of the application, the Family Allowance Activity reque-,ted a copy of t1oi child's birth certificate FILE;

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