Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102

§1444a Regulations Regarding Payment of Annuity to a Representative Payee

Title 10 › 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

Last updated Aug 21, 2026|Official source

Summary

Requires the government to make rules for how annuities are paid when someone has a guardian or other fiduciary, and also when a minor, mentally incompetent, or otherwise legally disabled person does not have a guardian. The rules can include the parts listed in section 1455(d)(2). If an annuity is paid under those rules to a person on behalf of the annuitant, the United States is treated as having paid the annuity amount in full.

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.

Legislative History

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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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Citation

10 U.S.C. § 1444a

Title 10, Armed Forces

Last Updated

Aug 21, 2026

Release point: 119-102