{"data":{"id":"us/22-cfr-19.7-5","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"22 CFR 19.7-5","heading":"-5 Limitations.","body":"(a) A spousal agreement may not provide for any payment from the Fund in excess of the amount otherwise authorized to be paid, or at a time not authorized by these regulations, or to a person other than a spouse or former spouse.\n(b) A spousal agreement must be filed with the Department, Attention PER/ER/RET, and accepted by that office as in conformance with the Act and these regulations prior to the times specified in §§ 19.7-2 and 19.7-3. That office will provide advice to the parties on the validity of any proposed agreement and on proper format.\n(c) A spousal agreement may apply only to payments from the Fund for periods after receipt of a valid agreement by the Department.\n(d) Paragraphs (b), (c) and (d) of §§ 19.6-9 and 19.6-10 apply to spousal agreements and payments made pursuant to spousal agreements to the same extent that they apply to court orders and court ordered payments.","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":"d325f89eaf0560b1df6de005ec3504c52aae9c253a63a4b6e99370b8cb3443a3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/22-cfr-19.7-4","next":"us/22-cfr-19.7-6"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}