{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-19.4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 19.4","heading":"Special rules for computing creditable service for purposes of payments to former spouses.","body":"For purposes of determining the pro rata share of annuity, survivor annuity or lump-sum payable to a former spouse, the following shall be considered creditable service—\n(a) The entire period of a principal's approved leave without pay during full-time service with an organization composed primarily of Government employees irrespective of whether the principal elects to make payments to the Fund for this service;\n(b) The entire period of Government service for which a principal received a refund of retirement contributions which he/she has not repaid unless the former spouse received under § 19.13 a portion of the (lump-sum) refund or unless a spousal agreement or court order provided that no portion of the refund be paid to the former spouse; and\n(c) All creditable service including service in excess of 35 years.\nThe period covered by the credit for unused sick leave is not creditable for this purpose.","path":["Title 22—Foreign Relations","CHAPTER I—DEPARTMENT OF STATE","SUBCHAPTER B—PERSONNEL","PART 19—BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-22.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:49Z","sha256":"c6c022297488ac680bf0fe696dda84d3168320ac8c1d408ebd4867393ca35adc","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-19.3","next":"us/22-cfr-19.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}