B-162696: Jan 29, 1968

A VALID ALLOTMENT WAS NOT ESTABLISHED IN FIRST WIFE'S FAVOR AND SHE IS NOT ENTITLED TO PROCEEDS OF THE CHECKS WHICH THE GOVT. THE FACT THAT THE WIFE RECEIVED 3 CHECKS DOES NOT MAKE THE ALLOTMENT VALID SINCE THOSE CHECKS WERE NOT MAILED TO HER EITHER UPON THE MEMBER'S OR HER APPLICATION BUT WERE DELIVERED TO HER BY THE MEMBER'S MOTHER CONTRARY TO THE MEMBER'S INTENTION. TO FINANCE OFFICER: REFERENC...

B-162696: Nov 18, 1977

The claimant, through a letter to the President of the United States, requested reconsideration of a decision which held that she was not entitled to the proceeds of 57 class Q allotment checks which had been made out to her but were sent to, and cashed by, Virginia Alice Burke, to whom her husband, Thomas E. Burke, was bigamously married. Since the enlisted member had the checks sent to the addre...