[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: 5CFR838.303]

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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 C--Requirements for Court Orders Affecting Employee Annuities
 
Sec. 838.303  Expressly dividing employee annuity.

    (a) A court order directed at employee annuity is not a court order 
acceptable for processing unless it expressly divides the employee 
annuity as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) To expressly divide employee annuity as required by paragraph 
(a) of this section the court order must--
    (1) Identify the retirement system using terms that are sufficient 
to identify the retirement system as explained in Sec. 838.611; and
    (2) Expressly state that the former spouse is entitled to a portion 
of the employee annuity using terms that are sufficient to identify the 
employee annuity as explained in Sec. 838.612.