The Waterbury Democrat., 1944-11-13

B. Lexington, Mass.
 A. The Government notifies the person whom the soldier designateS on his record as emergency ad- dressee." It need not necessarily be his father or his wife.
 @. My husband has divorced me and the court didn't allow any Sups port for me and my two children. will I still get my Family Allowance checks?
 A. Family Allowance payments for you will be discontinued as of the end of the month in which the divorce was awarded, but the chil- dren are still eligible. They will receive $62.00 month until such time as the soldier may remarry. The amount payable to them will then be reduced, but not discon- tinued.
 o. I have married a soldier and have child by former marriage who attends a boarding school. Can I receive the Government allowance for her?
 A. A step-child must be nem- Der of the soldiers immediate household be eligible for payment of Family Allowance.
 e. My son has Government in- surance and it was payable to me and still is, as afr as know. He recently married and says he will not change it over to his wife. If anything happened to him. could she claim 1t? T. R. MelroSe.
 A. No, if the soldier allows the policy to remain payable to you, no other person may claim payment.
 Q. My husband is missing in action and I still receive his allot- ment. The Government says his case will be reviewed in four months. If they report he is dead, will I have to pay back the checks I have been receiving since he was reported missing? I. L. Somerville.
 A. No. you do not have to repay that money. If the review of the case shows that your husband is still in missing status, the pay- ments will continue. a,
 o. My husband was killed in action. I filed for Government inc surance and now I've been told I'm entitled to pension, too. It that so? A. K. Medford.
 A. Yes. If you do not receive the claim forms within reason able time after report of soldiers death, write to Veterans Adminis- tration, Pension Division, Washing ton, D. c.
 @. I'm divorced from my hus- band and received $4200 for our child until last August, then my check was for $500 and the last two months 1t has been for 5000. Why has it been reduced like this and how can be sure of what I'm to receive each months? N. D. Taunton.
 A. Apparently the soldier has remarried. When Family Allowance is paid only for one child-no wife the amount is 42.00; when a wifi is added, the child is entitled te $50. You received $42.00 for tw months in which you were entitleo to 5000. SPA was withheld iron the check you received in Aug. U adjust the prepayment made t. you. Your checks should now be in the amount of $30.00.
 @. My son is prisoner of war in Germany and I've been getting allotment checks right along. This month the check came from New York City instead of Newark, N. J. Does this mean something has happened to him or is it that pay- ment is going to be stopped? M. c. Concord, Mass.
 A. Payment of allotment checks and Family Allowance to depend- ents of soldiers who are prisoners of war, or missing in action, will be made by the Office of Special Settlement Accounts in New York City, instead of Office of Depend- ency Benefits at Newark, N. J.. Those accounts have been trans- ferred to New York office. It does not mean that there is any change in the status of the soldier. Infor- nation of that nature would be issued by The Adjutant Generals Office, Washington, D. c.
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