{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-839.232","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 839.232","heading":"If a deceased employee's survivors include both a current spouse and a former spouse, or spouses, who are eligible for survivor annuities, must all of them consent to an election of FERS?","body":"If the employee dies before making an election of retirement coverage under the FERCCA, all eligible potential survivors, that is, both the current and any former spouses, must consent to an election of FERS coverage. If they do not all consent, the election cannot be made.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 839—CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT","Subpart B—Eligibility"],"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":"ca1d058f885a1801fa02d5d8b932bc35d7c7161cf69e1a66b03e55bf3112636c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-839.231","next":"us/5-cfr-839.241"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}