{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-19.7-4","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 19.7-4","heading":"-4 Form of agreement.","body":"(a) A spousal agreement is any legal agreement between the parties accepted by PER/ER/RET as meeting the requirements of this section. If in accordance with the regulations, PER/ER/RET will accept as a valid spousal agreement a property settlement agreed to by the parties and approved by a court regardless of the date of the agreement.\n(b) A spousal agreement must either be authenticated by a court or notarized.","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":"be54235d5bafb12d3511f632fa87638db97a6496bf0c2d294cd8c9782c906845","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-19.7-3","next":"us/22-cfr-19.7-5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}