scope:

Purpose.

To prescribe amplifying procedures for payment of monthly transitional compensation to dependents of members of the Navy separated for dependent-abuse and to implement the requirements of reference (a), volume 7b, chapter 60, and references (b) through (d). This instruction is a complete revision and should be reviewed in its entirety. Major changes to this revision are summarized in subparagraphs 1a through 1c.

a. The authorization to pay children on the date of notification of administrative separation for domestic abuse.

b. The payment of 36 months of compensation for all abused dependents cases approved for transitional compensation.

c. The payment to children born alive who were "in utero" at the time the abuse occurred.