COMDTINST 1754.16
disapproved by competent authority under applicable regulations, payment of transitional
compensation in such cases shall cease.
(3) Cessation of payments under subparagraphs (1) or (2) shall be effective as of the first day of
the first month following the month in which Personnel Service Center (PSC) notifies the
recipient in writing that payment of transitional compensation will cease.
(4) The recipient will not be required to repay amounts of transitional compensation received
before the effective date of cessation, except as necessary to recoup any amount that was
erroneous when paid.
7. FORFEITURE.
a. Remarriage. If a former spouse receiving payments remarries, payments terminate as of the date
of the remarriage. Payments received after remarriage are erroneous payments. Payment will
not be renewed if the remarriage is terminated. A dependent child not living in the same
household as the remarried spouse or member shall remain eligible for transitional compensation
payments and benefits.
b. Cohabitation. If the member resides in the same household as the spouse or dependent child to
whom compensation is otherwise payable under this section, payment will terminate as of the
date the member begins residing in the household. Once payment is terminated for this reason,
payment will not resume if the member subsequently moves out of the household.
Compensation paid to the dependent spouse prior to the member residing in the household shall
not be recouped.
c. Active participant. If the victim was a dependent child, and the spouse has been found by the
cognizant Maintenance and Logistics Commander to have been an active participant in the
conduct constituting the dependent-abuse offense, or to have actively aided or abetted the
member in the abuse against the dependent child, the spouse or dependent child living with the
spouse will not be paid transitional compensation.
d. Notification. The spouse is required to notify the Coast Guard Personnel Service Center (PSC)
within 30 calendar days of remarriage or the date that the member began residing with the
spouse or dependent child. Dependent children, or if applicable, the legal guardian, are required
to notify PSC within 30 calendar days after the member or ineligible spouse begins to reside in
the same household. The PSC address is as follows:
Commanding Officer (RAS)
U.S. Coast Guard
Personnel Service Center
444 S. E. Quincy St.
Topeka, KS 66683-3591
8. ANNUAL CERTIFICATION. The spouse is required to annually certify that he or she has not
remarried and is not residing with the member by completing a certificate of eligibility issued by
PSC. The certificate of eligibility is annually sent to the spouse by PSC from the date payments
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