[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: 22CFR19.6-2]

[Page 87-88]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19_BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN 
 
Sec.  19.6-2  Qualifying court order.

    (a) To be valid for purposes of this section, a court order must be 
found to be ``qualified'' by PER/ER/RET acting for the Secretary of 
State. A qualifying court order must--
    (1) Be consistent with the terms of the Act and applicable 
regulations;
    (2) Not direct payment of an amount in excess of the maximum amount 
authorized to be paid by the relevant regulation;
    (3) Direct that payments be made to an eligible beneficiary from a 
principal's Foreign Service retirement benefit or survivor benefit. If a 
court directs or implies that a principal, rather than the Secretary of 
State or the Government, make the payments, the order will not be 
considered qualified unless the principal does not object during the 30-
day notice period provided under Sec.  19.6-6;
    (4) Define the amount to be paid to a beneficiary in way so that it 
can be readily calculated from information in the normal files of the 
Department;
    (5) Not make payment contingent upon events other than those on 
which other payments from the Fund are based such as age, marital status 
and school attendance; and
    (6) Not be in conflict with any previously issued court order which 
remains valid.

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    (b) No apportionment of annuity to a beneficiary under Sec.  19.6-
1(a) (1) or (6) shall exceed the net annuity of the principal. The net 
annuity is computed by excluding from the gross annuity the amounts 
which are:
    (1) Owed by the individual to the United States;
    (2) Deducted for health benefits premiums pursuant to section 8906 
of Title 5, United States Code;
    (3) Deducted for life insurance premiums under the Government Life 
Insurance Program;
    (4) Owed due to overpayment of annuity;
    (5) Properly withheld for Federal income tax purposes, if amounts 
withheld are not greater than they would be if the individual claimed 
all dependents to which he/she was entitled.

[46 FR 12958, Feb. 19, 1981. Redesignated and amended at 46 FR 18970, 
Mar. 27, 1981]