B-129716, JAN. 30, 1957

B-129716: Jan 30, 1957

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WE SAID THAT THE MATTER APPEARS ONE FOR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE IN VIEW OF YOUR WIFE'S SWORN STATEMENT THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE CHECK IN QUESTION WERE CREDITED TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WERE REQUIRED BY COURT TO PAY. THERE IS NO DENIAL OF HER SWORN STATEMENT THAT THE $30 WAS CREDITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. SINCE THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT THE MONEY WAS USED BY YOUR WIFE AND CREDITED TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WERE REQUIRED BY COURT ORDER TO PAY FOR HER SUPPORT. NO FURTHER INTERVENTION BY THE GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED.

B-129716, JAN. 30, 1957

TO MR. FITCHER L. LEWIS:

IN YOUR LETTER OF DECEMBER 15, 1956, YOU AGAIN ASK FOR THE PROCEEDS OF 1951 SPECIAL DIVIDEND CHECK NO. 28,674,069, DATED JUNE 17, 1952, IN THE AMOUNT OF $30. BY DECISION B-129716, DECEMBER 6, 1956, WE SAID THAT THE MATTER APPEARS ONE FOR ADJUSTMENT BETWEEN YOU AND YOUR WIFE IN VIEW OF YOUR WIFE'S SWORN STATEMENT THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THE CHECK IN QUESTION WERE CREDITED TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WERE REQUIRED BY COURT TO PAY.

THE GOVERNMENT RECOGNIZES THE LEGAL OBLIGATION OF A HUSBAND TO PROVIDE SUPPORT FOR HIS DEPENDENTS AND, THEREFORE, HAS ABSTAINED IN THE PAST FROM INTERFERING IN FAMILY AFFAIRS. IN YOUR LETTER YOU SAY THAT YOU DID NOT RECEIVE ANY BENEFIT FROM PROCEEDS OF THE CHECK CASHED BY YOUR IFE; YET, THERE IS NO DENIAL OF HER SWORN STATEMENT THAT THE $30 WAS CREDITED TO YOUR ACCOUNT BY THE PROBATION DEPARTMENT OF THE CITY OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND. SINCE THE RECORD REFLECTS THAT THE MONEY WAS USED BY YOUR WIFE AND CREDITED TO AN ACCOUNT WHICH YOU WERE REQUIRED BY COURT ORDER TO PAY FOR HER SUPPORT, NO FURTHER INTERVENTION BY THE GOVERNMENT IS REQUIRED.

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