{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-838.725","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 838.725","heading":"Effect on employee and retiree election rights.","body":"(a) A court order acceptable for processing that awards a former spouse survivor annuity does not affect a retiring employee's or retiree's rights and obligations to make survivor elections under subpart F of part 831 of this chapter or subpart F of part 842 of this chapter.\n(b) A court order acceptable for processing that awards a former spouse survivor annuity requires OPM to pay a former spouse survivor annuity and prevents OPM from paying an elected survivor benefit to a widow or widower or another former spouse if the election is inconsistent with the court order.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 838—COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS","Subpart G—Procedures for Processing Court Orders Awarding Former Spouse Survivor Annuities"],"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":"33bbde0fcfd58bf3c9fca8c75d0dbd2fa6a11a85477a5409d5629094038702f3","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-838.724","next":"us/5-cfr-838.731"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}