[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR838.136]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 838_COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
                    Subpart A_Court Orders Generally
 
Sec. 838.136  Administrative appeal rights.

    (a) Issues concerning application of these regulations are not 
appealable to the Merit Systems Protection Board. OPM's actions to apply 
these regulations are not subject to further administrative review.
    (b)(1) Issues concerning the validity of these regulations are 
appealable to the Merit Systems Protection Board. Such an appeal must be 
filed in accordance with the procedures established by the Board and may 
not be filed before OPM has issued its final decision, including a 
notice of the right to appeal, on the validity of the regulation. Such 
an appeal is limited to the issue of the validity of the regulation.
    (2) Any claim that a provision of these regulations is invalid, must 
be presented to the Merit Systems Protection Board before the validity 
of the regulation may be reviewed in the Federal courts.

                Address for Filing Court Orders With OPM

Appendix A to Subpart A of Part 838--Addresses for Serving Court Orders 
                     Affecting CSRS or FERS Benefits

    (a) The mailing address for delivery of court orders affecting CSRS 
or FERS benefits by the United States Postal Service is--

Office of Personnel Management, Retirement and Insurance Group, P.O. Box 
17, Washington, DC 20044-0017

    (b) The address for delivery of court orders affecting CSRS or FERS 
benefits by process servers, express carriers, or other forms of 
handcarried delivery is--

Court-ordered Benefits Section, Allotments Branch, Retirement and 
Insurance Group, Office of Personnel Management, 1900 E Street, NW., 
Washington, DC

[57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, as amended at 58 FR 3202, Jan. 8, 1993]

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