{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-838.735","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 838.735","heading":"Cost-of-living adjustments.","body":"(a) OPM applies cost-of-living adjustments to all former spouse survivor annuities in pay status at the time of the adjustment and in the amount provided by Federal statute.\n(b) OPM will not honor provisions of a court order that alters the time or amount of cost-of-living adjustments or that attempts to prevent OPM from applying cost-of-living adjustments to a former spouse survivor annuity in pay status.","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":"5dc0da37f60637002c5dec85d6682e2aedf531ed5910fe8e2bf581565597a2eb","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-838.734","next":"us/5-cfr-838.801"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}