22 CFR § 19.5-2 - Notification to Department from former spouses.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s19.5-2"
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title: "22 CFR § 19.5-2 - Notification to Department from former spouses."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "19.5-2"
section_name: "Notification to Department from former spouses."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "19"
part_name: "BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "Secs. 206 and 801 of Foreign Service Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 2079, 2102); Sec. 4 of Act of May 26, 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2658)."
regulatory_source: "46 FR 12958, Feb. 19, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 18970, Mar. 27, 1981."
cfr_part: "19"
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# 19.5-2 Notification to Department from former spouses.

A former spouse is obligated to notify the Department of the following on a timely basis:

(a) A divorce from a participant or former participant when the former spouse is notified by the court of the divorce before the participant is notified;

(b) Any change in address; and

(c) Any remarriage.

Notices shall be sent to the Department of State, Attention PER/ER/RET, Washington, DC 20520.