5 CFR 838.303
§ 838.303 Expressly dividing employee annuity.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 838.303, § 838.303 Expressly dividing employee annuity, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/8005
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(a) A court order directed at employee annuity is not a court order acceptable for processing unless it expressly divides the employee annuity as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
(b) To expressly divide employee annuity as required by paragraph (a) of this section the court order must—
(1) Identify the retirement system using terms that are sufficient to identify the retirement system as explained in § 838.611; and
(2) Expressly state that the former spouse is entitled to a portion of the employee annuity using terms that are sufficient to identify the employee annuity as explained in § 838.612.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.