5 CFR § 1653.21 - Definitions.

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title: "5 CFR § 1653.21 - Definitions."
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title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1653.21"
section_name: "Definitions."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1653"
part_name: "COURT ORDERS AND LEGAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN ACCOUNTS"
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last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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authority: "5 U.S.C. 8432d, 8435, 8436(b), 8437(e), 8439(a)(3), 8467, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1)."
regulatory_source: "68 FR 35510, June 13, 2003, unless otherwise noted."
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# 1653.21 Definitions.

(a) Definitions generally applicable to the Thrift Savings Plan are set forth at 5 CFR 1690.1.

(b) As used in this subpart:

*Child* means an individual less than 18 years of age.

*Judgment against a participant for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child* means any legal claim perfected through a final enforceable judgment which is based in whole or in part upon the physical, sexual, or emotional abuse of a child, whether or not that abuse is accompanied by other actionable wrongdoing, such as sexual exploitation or gross negligence.