[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: 5CFR838.501]

[Page 204]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 838--COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
 Subpart E--Requirements for Court Orders Affecting Refunds of Employee 
                              Contributions
 
Sec. 838.501  Purpose and scope.


    This subpart regulates the requirements that a court order directed 
at or barring a refund of employee contributions must meet to be a court 
order acceptable for processing.
    (a) A court order is directed at a refund of employee contributions 
if it awards a former spouse a portion of a refund of employee 
contributions.
    (b) A court order bars a refund of employee contributions if it 
prohibits payment of a refund of employee contributions to preserve a 
former spouse's court-awarded entitlement to a portion of an employee 
annuity or to a former spouse survivor annuity.