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B-221521 1 (1987-05-22)

handle is hein.gao/gaobadmrt0001 and id is 1 raw text is: The Comptroller General of the United States Washington, D.C. 20548 Decision Matterof. Staff Sergeant Willie E. Brower - Family Separation Allowance Entitlements File: B-221521 Date: May 22, 1987 DIGEST A member of the Air Force (husband) assigned to an overseas unaccompanied tour is married to another member (wife) who is also assigned to an unaccompanied tour at a separate duty station. The wife has a child from a previous marriage and they have a child from their marriage to each other. The two children had been living with the members as part of one household and continue to share the same household with the husband's mother in the United States while their parents are assigned overseas. The husband may not receive family- separation allowances on account of the child of their marriage if his wife is currently receiving family separa- tion allowances on account of her child of a previous marriage, since the children are members of the same class of dependents. The additional expenses intended to be covered by the family separation allowances have been reimbursed to the wife under her family separation allow- ances. If the husband were to also receive the allowance, the family unit would, in effect, be paid twice for the same expenses. DECISION This action is in response to a request for an advance decision from the U.S. Air Force regarding payment of family separation allowances.l/ The issue presented is whether Staff Sergeant Willie E. Brower, USAF, whose wife is also a service member, may receive family separation allowances based on a child of their marriage when his wife receives a l/ The request was made by Captain R. E. Knox, USAF, Accounting and Finance Officer, Headquarters 51st Tactical Fighter Wing (PACAF), APO San Francisco, California, and was given Department of Defense Military Pay and Allowance Committee Number DO-AF-1467.

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