https://www.gao.gov/products/471738

B-230318: Apr 18, 1990

MILITARY PERSONNEL - Pay - Variable housing allowances - Amount determination A member who is entitled to Basic Allowance for Quarters (BAQ) at the with-dependent rate. Who is also entitled to a Variable Housing Allowance (VHA). The member is entitled to VHA at the with-dependent rate where he can demonstrate that he had actual physical custody of the children for periods in excess of 3 months. Va...

https://www.gao.gov/products/141183

B-230318: Apr 18, 1990

The Marine Corps requested an advance decision regarding a member's entitlement to receive his variable housing allowance at the with-dependent rate. The Corps advised that the member's former wife primarily had custody of their children. GAO held that the member was entitled to receive the allowance at the higher with-dependent rate only for periods where he had actual custody of his children in...