[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: 5CFR839.232]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 839--CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS RETIREMENT COVERAGE CORRECTIONS ACT--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B--Eligibility
 
Sec. 839.232  If a deceased employee's survivors include both a current spouse and a former spouse, or spouses, who are eligible for survivor annuities, must 
          all of them consent to an election of FERS?

    If the employee dies before making an election of retirement 
coverage under the FERCCA, all eligible potential survivors, that is, 
both the current and any former spouses, must consent to an election of 
FERS coverage. If they do not all consent, the election cannot be made.

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