[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: 5CFR838.441]

[Page 204]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 838--COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart D--Procedures for Processing Court Orders Affecting Refunds of 
                         Employee Contributions
 
Sec. 838.441  Computing lengths of service.

    (a) 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.
    (b) 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.