The Army requested an advance decision concerning a transferred employee's claim for reimbursement for attorney fees he incurred in: (1) renegotiating a residence purchase contract; and (2) preparing the instant claim. The Army advised that the claimant, upon learning of a possible transfer, renegotiated the contract, which legally obligated him to purchase a residence at his old duty station, to...

An employee became legally obligated to buy a home at his old duty station and subsequently learned he was being considered for a new position in another state. Subject to the agency's determination that an administrative intent to offer him the new position had been expressed before the expenses were incurred. Payne - Attorney Fees - Relocation: This is in response to a request from the Finance a...