https://www.gao.gov/products/404307

B-270432: Jun 24, 1996

An Air Force member is married to another member. They have a child. The brother is therefore now his dependent. The member's claim for BAQ at the with-dependent rate is denied because the brother joins the couple's child as a single class of dependents who live in the family household. They may decide which one will do so. DECISION This is in response to a request for an advance decision regardin...

https://www.gao.gov/products/157029

B-270432: Jun 24, 1996

The Defense Finance and Accounting Service requested an advance decision on whether an Air Force member was entitled to basic allowance for quarters (BAQ) at the with-dependent rate pursuant to his court-ordered guardianship of his minor brother. GAO held that the member was not entitled to BAQ at the with-dependent rate, since: (1) his wife, another Air Force member, was already receiving BAQ at...