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B-127250, JUL. 24, 1956

B-127250 Jul 24, 1956
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ROCK COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 2. AS YOU ARE AWARE. ADAMS WAS ADVISED BY OUR DECISION OF APRIL 6. OF THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REFUND OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH ALLOWANCE IS NOT AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. YOU REQUEST INFORMATION AS TO THE DISPOSITION WHICH WILL BE MADE OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS. THE RECORD BEFORE US DOES NOT INDICATE THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACT IN BEHALF OF MR. YOU ARE INFORMED. ADAMS WAS ADVISED IN THE DECISION OF MAY 23. IN THE EVENT A CLAIM FROM HER IS RECEIVED BY US PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 10 -YEAR PERIOD PROVIDED IN THE ACT OF AUGUST 9. APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO IT.

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B-127250, JUL. 24, 1956

TO MR. GUS PIEPGRAS, SERVICE OFFICER, ROCK COUNTY VETERANS SERVICE OFFICE:

REFERENCE IS MADE TO YOUR LETTER DATED JULY 2, 1956, FURTHER CONCERNING THE CLAIM OF MR. PATRICK S. ADAMS, FOR REFUND OF CHECK AGES IN HIS PAY ACCOUNT AS HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO FAMILY ALLOWANCE ON ACCOUNT OF HIS DEPENDENT WIFE, CAROLINE HELLOW ADAMS, INCIDENT TO HIS ENLISTED SERVICE IN THE ARMY.

AS YOU ARE AWARE, MR. ADAMS WAS ADVISED BY OUR DECISION OF APRIL 6, AND MAY 23, 1956, B-127250, OF THE GROUNDS UPON WHICH IT WAS DETERMINED THAT THE REFUND OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SUCH ALLOWANCE IS NOT AUTHORIZED AT THIS TIME. IN THE LETTER OF JULY 2, 1956, YOU REQUEST INFORMATION AS TO THE DISPOSITION WHICH WILL BE MADE OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS.

THE RECORD BEFORE US DOES NOT INDICATE THAT YOU ARE AUTHORIZED TO ACT IN BEHALF OF MR. ADAMS' FORMER WIFE. YOU ARE INFORMED, HOWEVER, THAT, AS MR. ADAMS WAS ADVISED IN THE DECISION OF MAY 23, 1956, A CLAIM FOR PAYMENT OF SUCH AN ALLOWANCE HAS NOT BEEN RECEIVED FROM HIS FORMER WIFE. IN THE EVENT A CLAIM FROM HER IS RECEIVED BY US PRIOR TO THE EXPIRATION OF THE 10 -YEAR PERIOD PROVIDED IN THE ACT OF AUGUST 9, 1940, 54 STAT. 1061, DURING WHICH SUCH CLAIM MAY BE FILED, APPROPRIATE CONSIDERATION WILL BE GIVEN TO IT. IN THE MEANTIME THE AMOUNT OF THE FAMILY ALLOWANCE PAYMENTS MUST REMAIN IN THE TREASURY OF THE UNITED STATES.

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