{"data":{"id":"us/5-cfr-843.209","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"5 CFR 843.209","heading":"Waiver of notification requirement.","body":"The current and/or former spouse notification requirement will be waived upon a showing that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined. A request for waiver on this basis must be accompanied by—\n(a) A judicial or administrative determination that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined; or\n(b) Affidavits by the former employee and two other persons, at least one of whom is not related to the former employee, attesting to the inability to locate the current and/or former spouse and stating the efforts made to locate the current and/or former spouse.","path":["Title 5—Administrative Personnel","CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT","SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS","PART 843—FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS","Subpart B—One-time Payments"],"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":"1e460e750e8ebbd22bec4e92f6c6ce4dd7fcce76b884e186a84785d6571d9b78","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/5-cfr-843.208","next":"us/5-cfr-843.210"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}