[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR838.242]

[Page 198-199]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 838--COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
  Subpart B--Procedures for Processing Court Orders Affecting Employee 
                                Annuities
 
Sec. 838.242  Computing lengths of service.

    (a)(1) The smallest unit of time that OPM will calculate in 
computing a formula in a court order is a month, even where the court 
order directs OPM to make a more precise calculation.
    (2) If the court order states a formula using a specified simple or 
decimal fraction other than twelfth parts of a year, OPM will use the 
specified number to perform simple mathematical computations.

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    (b) Unused sick leave is counted as ``creditable service'' on the 
date of separation for an immediate CSRS annuity; it is not apportioned 
over the time when earned. Unused sick leave is not countable as 
``creditable service'' in a FERS annuity (except in a CSRS component for 
an employee who transferred to FERS) or in a deferred CSRS annuity.