[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 22, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 22CFR19.10-4]

[Page 95-96]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19_BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN 
 
Sec.  19.10-4  Death or divorce of a spouse and remarriage after retirement.

    (a) If the marriage of an annuitant who received a reduced annuity 
at retirement under Sec.  19.10-2 to provide a survivor annuity for a 
spouse is dissolved by divorce or by death of the spouse, the retiree's 
annuity shall be recomputed, if necessary, as of the first of the month 
following the death or divorce. If the marriage was dissolved by death, 
the annuity shall be recomputed and paid at its full amount. If the 
marriage is dissolved by divorce, procedures in Sec.  19.11-2(b) shall 
be followed.
    (b) In the event an annuitant affected by this paragraph remarries, 
the annuitant may elect within one year of remarriage to provide a 
survivor annuity for the new spouse equal in amount to the survivor 
benefit formerly in effect for the previous spouse less any amount 
committed for a former spouse. The annuity of a retiree making such an 
election shall be reduced effective on the first day of the first month 
which begins at least one year after the remarriage to the amount that 
would have been payable had there been no

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recomputation under paragraph (a) of this section.