{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-838.501","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 838.501","heading":"Purpose and scope.","body":"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.\n(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.\n(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.","path":["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"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-5.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:23:53Z","sha256":"d5860269da53dfdb25a261ae00446116d42915ea8e197f16a17370a08a86c507","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-838.441","next":"us/5-cfr-838.502"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}