5 CFR § 1653.22 - Purpose.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s1653.22"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 1653.22 - Purpose."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "1653.22"
section_name: "Purpose."
chapter_name: "FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD"
part_number: "1653"
part_name: "COURT ORDERS AND LEGAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN ACCOUNTS"
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. 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."
cfr_part: "1653"
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# 1653.22 Purpose.

Under 5 U.S.C. 8437(e)(3) and 8467(a)(2), the TSP record keeper will honor a court order or other similar process in the nature of a garnishment that is brought to enforce a judgment against a participant for physically, sexually, or emotionally abusing a child.

[FR 35510, June 13, 2003, as amended at 87 FR 31691, May 24, 2022]