45 CFR § 2525.290 - What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s2525.290"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 2525.290 - What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "2525.290"
section_name: "What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?"
chapter_name: "CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE"
part_number: "2525"
part_name: "NATIONAL SERVICE TRUST"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "42 U.S.C. 12601-12606"
regulatory_source: "88 FR 44727, July 13, 2023, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "2525"
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# 2525.290 What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?
(a) *Prohibition on treatment of an education award as marital property.* An education award may not be treated as marital property, or the asset of a marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or other civil proceeding.
(b) *Death of Eligible Individual.* An educational award expires and is no longer available for any purpose upon the death of the Eligible Individual, except for:
(1) Any award or portion of the educational award the Eligible Individual transferred prior to death;
(2) Any amount for which the Eligible Individual submitted a request for disbursement prior to death that the National Service Trust had not yet either received or acted upon as of the date of death.