[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2003]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR19.7-4]

[Page 108]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19--BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 19.7-4  Form of agreement.

    (a) A spousal agreement is any legal agreement between the parties 
accepted by PER/ER/RET as meeting the requirements of this section. If 
in accordance with the regulations, PER/ER/RET will accept as a valid 
spousal agreement a property settlement agreed to by the parties and 
approved by a court regardless of the date of the agreement.
    (b) A spousal agreement must either be authenticated by a court or 
notarized.