5 CFR § 838.931 - Court orders that provide temporary awards of former spouse survivor annuities.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s838.931"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 838.931 - Court orders that provide temporary awards of former spouse survivor annuities."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "838.931"
section_name: "Court orders that provide temporary awards of former spouse survivor annuities."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "838"
part_name: "COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8347(a) and 8461(g). Subparts B, C, D, E, J, and K also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8345(j)(2) and 8467(b). Sections 838.221, 838.422, and 838.721 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8347(b)."
regulatory_source: "57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "838"
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# 838.931 Court orders that provide temporary awards of former spouse survivor annuities.
A provision in a court order that temporarily awards a former spouse survivor annuity satisfies the requirements of § 838.804(b)(2), but the temporary award becomes permanent on the date on which OPM is barred from honoring a modification of the court order (the date of retirement or death, or, in the case of a post-retirement divorce, the date of the initial court order), as provided in sections 8341(h)(4) and 8445(d) of title 5, United States Code.
[57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 43493, Aug. 17, 1993]