[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: 22CFR19.9-2]

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                       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. 19.9-2  Commencement and termination.

    (a) The pension of a former spouse under this subsection commences 
on the latter of the day the principal becomes entitled to a Foreign 
Service annuity or on the first day of the month in which the divorce 
becomes final. (Suspension or reduction of a Foreign Service annuity 
because or reemployment does not affect the commencement of a pension to 
a former spouse.) In the case of any former spouse of a disability 
annuitant, the pension of such former spouse shall commence on the 
latter of:
    (1) The date the principal would qualify for an annuity (other than 
a disability annuity) on the basis of his/her creditable service;
    (2) The date the disability annuity begins; or
    (3) The first of the month in which the divorce becomes final.
    (b) The pension of a former spouse and the right thereto terminate 
on:
    (1) The last day of the month before the former spouse dies or 
remarries before 60 years of age; or
    (2) The date the annuity of the former participant terminates unless 
the termination results from recall, reappointment or reinstatement in 
the Foreign Service or reemployment in Government service.