Title 10 — Armed ForcesRelease 119-73not60
§1444a Regulations Regarding Payment of Annuity to a Representative Payee
Title 10 › Subtitle Subtitle A— General Military Law › Part II— PERSONNEL › Chapter 73— ANNUITIES BASED ON RETIRED OR RETAINER PAY › Subchapter I— RETIRED SERVICEMAN’S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN › § 1444a
Summary
Require rules for paying annuities when a guardian or other fiduciary is appointed, or when the annuitant is a minor or legally disabled and has no guardian. Payments made under those rules to a person acting for the annuitant end the United States' obligation to pay that amount.
Full Legal Text
Title 10, §1444a
Armed Forces — Source: USLM XML via OLRC
(a)The regulations prescribed pursuant to section 1444(a) of this title shall provide procedures for the payment of an annuity under this subchapter in the case of—
(1)a person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has been appointed; and
(2)a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person for whom a guardian or other fiduciary has not been appointed.
(b)Those regulations may include the provisions set out in section 1455(d)(2) of this title.
(c)An annuity paid to a person on behalf of an annuitant in accordance with the regulations prescribed pursuant to subsection (a) discharges the obligation of the United States for payment to the annuitant of the amount of the annuity so paid.
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Amendments
1997—Subsec. (b). Pub. L. 105–85 substituted “section 1455(d)(2)” for “section 1455(c)”.
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10 U.S.C. § 1444a
Title 10 — Armed Forces
Last Updated
Apr 3, 2026
Release point: 119-73not60