5 CFR 843.209
§ 843.209 Waiver of notification requirement.
United States · 5 CFR — Administrative Personnel · Status: effective
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- 5 CFR 843.209, § 843.209 Waiver of notification requirement, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/8397
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The current and/or former spouse notification requirement will be waived upon a showing that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined. A request for waiver on this basis must be accompanied by—
(a) A judicial or administrative determination that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined; or
(b) Affidavits by the former employee and two other persons, at least one of whom is not related to the former employee, attesting to the inability to locate the current and/or former spouse and stating the efforts made to locate the current and/or former spouse.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.