5 CFR § 550.361 - Scope.

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title: "5 CFR § 550.361 - Scope."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "550.361"
section_name: "Scope."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "550"
part_name: "PAY ADMINISTRATION (GENERAL)"
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currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
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regulatory_source: "33 FR 12458, Sept. 4, 1968, unless otherwise noted."
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# 550.361 Scope.

An agency shall permit an employee to make an allotment for alimony and/or child support when he or she voluntarily elects to do so. However, this provision does not apply to garnishment orders issued to enforce child support and/or alimony obligations which are codified at part 581 of this title.

[46 FR 2325, Jan. 9, 1981. Redesignated at 71 FR 66828, Nov. 17, 2006]