[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: 5CFR838.502]

[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. 838.502  Expressly dividing a refund of employee contributions.

    (a) A court order directed at a refund of employee contributions is 
not a court order acceptable for processing unless it expressly awards a 
former spouse a portion of a refund of employee contributions as 
provided in paragraph (b) of this section.
    (b) To expressly award a former spouse a portion of a refund of 
employee contributions 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 a refund of employee contributions using terms that are sufficient to 
identify the refund of employee contributions as explained in 
Sec. 838.612.