B-137754: Dec 16, 1958

MILITARY PERSONNEL - GRATUITIES - SIX MONTHS' DEATH - MINORS - PAYMENTS TO NATURAL GUARDIAN PROPOSED REGULATIONS TO PERMIT SIX MONTHS' DEATH GRATUITY PAYMENTS DUE MINORS TO BE MADE TO THE FATHER OR THE MOTHER AS NATURAL GUARDIAN ARE NOT OBJECTIONABLE PROVIDED THAT THE PAYMENTS DO NOT EXCEED $1. IF PAYMENTS ARE IN EXCESS OF $1. 1958: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED OCTOBER 20. DECISION ALSO IS RE...

B-137754: Dec 10, 1958

PRECIS-UNAVAILABLE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE: REFERENCE IS MADE TO LETTER DATED OCTOBER 20. DECISION ALSO IS REQUESTED AS TO WHETHER SUCH PAYMENTS MAY BE MADE TO GRANDPARENTS. WERE REPEALED AND SIMILAR PROVISIONS WERE ENACTED AS 10 U.S.C. 1475-1480. TO HAVE A DEATH GRATUITY OF FROM $800 TO $3. OR DISTRICT "IN WHICH A SURVIVOR OF A PERSON COVERED BY THAT SECTION IS RESIDING" TO DETERMINE THE BENEFICIARY...

B-137754: Oct 18, 1967

ON THE PAYMENT OF THE 6 MONTHS' DEATH GRATUITY TO A PARENT AS THE NATURAL GUARDIAN OF A MINOR CHILD MAY BE EXCEEDED TO CONFORM TO THE AMOUNTS PRESCRIBED BY THE STATUTES OF THE STATES IN WHICH CLAIMANTS RESIDE WHERE MEANS ARE PROVIDED FOR THE GOVERNMENT TO OBTAIN A GOOD ACQUITTANCE. WILL NOT CAUSE EITHER THE $2. IF THE MATTER IS FREE FROM DOUBT. RELEASES - PROPER RELEASE OR ACQUITTANCE - DECEDENTS'...