[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2, Parts 700 to 1199]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR838.122]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 838--COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A--Court Orders Generally
 
Sec. 838.122  State courts' responsibilities.

    State courts are responsible for--
    (a) Providing due process to the employee or retiree;
    (b) Issuing clear, specific, and express instructions consistent 
with the statutory provisions authorizing OPM to provide benefits to 
former spouses or child abuse creditors and the requirements of this 
part for awarding such benefits;
    (c) Using the terminology defined in this part only when it intends 
to use the meaning given to that terminology by this part;
    (d) Determining when court orders are invalid; and
    (e) Settling all disputes between the employee or retiree and the 
former spouse or child abuse creditor.

[57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, as amended at 59 FR 66638, Dec. 28, 1994]