[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 32, Volume 1]
[Revised as of July 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 32CFR48.101]

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                       TITLE 32--NATIONAL DEFENSE
 
              CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE
 
PART 48--RETIRED SERVICEMAN'S FAMILY PROTECTION PLAN--Table of Contents
 
                     Subpart A--General Information
 
Sec. 48.101  Purpose.


    The purpose of the Retired Serviceman's Family Protection Plan is to 
permit each member of the uniformed services to elect to receive a 
reduced amount of any retired pay which may be awarded him as a result 
of service in his uniformed service in order to provide an annuity 
payable after his death (while entitled to retired pay) to his widow, 
child, or children, subject to certain limitations specified in the law 
and elaborated in the regulations in this part.

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