[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR19.6-1]

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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. 19.6-1  Orders by a court.

    (a) A court may--
    (1) Fix the amount of any pension to a former spouse under Sec. 
19.9, or order that none be paid;
    (2) Fix the amount of any regular survivor annuity to a former 
spouse under paragraphs (a) and (b) of Sec. 19.11, or order that none 
be paid;
    (3) Order provision of an additional survivor annuity for a spouse 
or former spouse under Sec. 19.10-5;
    (4) Fix the amount of any benefit under Sec. 19.10-6 based on 
recall service payable to a former spouse to whom the annuitant was 
married during any portion of the recall service, or order that none be 
paid;
    (5) Fix the amount of any lump-sum payable to a former spouse under 
Sec. 19.13 or order that none be paid;
    (6) Order, to the extent consistent with any obligation stated in 
Sec. 19.8 between a participant and a former spouse, and pursuant to 
any court decree of divorce, legal separation or annulment or any court 
ordered or approved property settlement agreement incident to any court 
decree of divorce, legal separation, or annulment, that any payment from 
the Fund which would otherwise be made to a former participant based on 
his/her service shall be paid (in whole or in part) by the Secretary of 
State to a previous spouse or child of such participant. No 
apportionment under this paragraph

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may be made of a payment authorized to be paid to a survivor of a 
participant or annuitant.
    (b) An order by a court that does not meet the definition of 
``court'' in Sec. 19.2(f) is not valid for purposes of this section 
even though a divorce decree issued by such court may be a basis for pro 
rata share payments to a former spouse as described in these 
regulations.