[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: 22CFR19.4]

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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 
 
Sec.  19.4  Special rules for computing creditable service for purposes of 

payments to former spouses.

    For purposes of determining the pro rata share of annuity, survivor 
annuity or lump-sum payable to a former spouse, the following shall be 
considered creditable service--
    (a) The entire period of a principal's approved leave without pay 
during full-time service with an organization composed primarily of 
Government employees irrespective of whether the

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principal elects to make payments to the Fund for this service;
    (b) The entire period of Government service for which a principal 
received a refund of retirement contributions which he/she has not 
repaid unless the former spouse received under Sec.  19.13 a portion of 
the (lump-sum) refund or unless a spousal agreement or court order 
provided that no portion of the refund be paid to the former spouse; and
    (c) All creditable service including service in excess of 35 years.

The period covered by the credit for unused sick leave is not creditable 
for this purpose.