45 CFR § 2525.487 - What happens to a transferred education award upon divorce or death?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t45/s2525.487"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "45 CFR § 2525.487 - What happens to a transferred education award upon divorce or death?"
title_number: 45
title_name: "Public Welfare"
section_number: "2525.487"
section_name: "What happens to a transferred 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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# 2525.487 What happens to a transferred education award upon divorce or death?
(a) *Prohibition on treatment of a transferred education award as marital property.* An education award transferred under this subsection 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 transferor.* The death of an Eligible Individual who has transferred, or initiated the transfer of, an education award under this subsection does not affect the use of the education award by the Designated Recipient.