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5 CFR § 846.713 - Former spouse consent requirement.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s846.713"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 846.713 - Former spouse consent requirement."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "846.713"
section_name: "Former spouse consent requirement."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "846"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—ELECTIONS OF COVERAGE"
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) and Title III of Pub. L. 99-335, 100 Stat. 517; Sec. 846.201(b) also issued under 5 U.S.C. 7701(b)(2) and section 153 of Pub. L. 104-134, 110 Stat. 1321; Sec. 846.201(d) also issued under section 11246(b) of Pub. L. 105-33, 111 Stat. 251; Sec. 846.201(d) also issued under section 7(e) of Pub. L. 105-274, 112 Stat. 2419; Sec. 846.202 also issued under section 301(d)(3) of Pub. L. 99-335, 100 Stat. 517; Sec. 846.204(b) also issued under Title II, Pub. L. 106-265, 114 Stat. 778; Sec. 846.726 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 1104; subpart G also issued under section 642 of Pub. L. 105-61, 111 Stat. 1272."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 19235, May 21, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "846"
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# 846.713 Former spouse consent requirement.

An election of FERS coverage cannot become effective unless the election is made with the written consent of any former spouse(s) entitled to benefits under part 838 of this chapter.