22 CFR § 20.8 - Effect on other benefits.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t22/s20.8"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "22 CFR § 20.8 - Effect on other benefits."
title_number: 22
title_name: "Foreign Relations"
section_number: "20.8"
section_name: "Effect on other benefits."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF STATE"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "PERSONNEL"
part_number: "20"
part_name: "BENEFITS FOR CERTAIN FORMER SPOUSES"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "22 U.S.C. 3901"
regulatory_source: "53 FR 39457, Oct. 7, 1988, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "20"
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# 20.8 Effect on other benefits.

Payment to a former spouse under this part shall not impair, reduce, or otherwise affect benefits paid under the Act to the principal or other persons.