{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-19.7-1","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 19.7-1","heading":"-1 Purpose.","body":"A spousal agreement may be used by both parties to establish an agreed-upon level of benefits to a spouse or a former spouse and to relieve the participant of responsibility for providing a higher level of benefits.","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":"f0333840efe0b9ec3a19c98912c78087e5fa65a6339ea591acd8e28af913fff4","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-19.7","next":"us/22-cfr-19.7-2"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}