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5 CFR 838.501: Purpose and scope.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 5—Administrative Personnel
- CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT
- SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS
- PART 838—COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS
- Subpart E—Requirements for Court Orders Affecting Refunds of Employee Contributions
This subpart regulates the requirements that a court order directed at or barring a refund of employee contributions must meet to be a court order acceptable for processing.
(a) A court order is directed at a refund of employee contributions if it awards a former spouse a portion of a refund of employee contributions.
(b) A court order bars a refund of employee contributions if it prohibits payment of a refund of employee contributions to preserve a former spouse's court-awarded entitlement to a portion of an employee annuity or to a former spouse survivor annuity.
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