B-230824: Nov 14, 1988

MILITARY PERSONNEL - Pay - Survivor benefits - Annuity payments - Distribution - Wills DIGEST: The Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) is an income maintenance program established under federal law for the dependents of deceased service members. A retired Navy petty officer could not effectively in his will either designate an SBP annuitant or designate guardians to disburse the annuity. USN (Retired) (De...

B-230824: Nov 14, 1988

The Navy requested an advance decision concerning whether it should pay a deceased member's annuity to the administrators of his will or continue payment to the deceased member's divorced spouse as the custodial parent of their child. GAO held that, since federal annuity funds were not assets of the member's estate, they were not payable in any manner other than applicable federal statutes specif...