[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: 22CFR19.6-9]

[Page 90]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19_BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN 
 
Sec.  19.6-9  Limitations.

    (a) Retirement benefits are subject to apportionment by court order 
under Sec.  19.6-1(a)(6) only while the principal is living. Payment of 
apportioned amounts will be made only to a previous spouse and/or the 
children of the principal. Such payments will not be made to any of the 
following:
    (1) Heirs or legatees of the previous spouse;
    (2) Creditors of either the principal or the previous spouse; or
    (3) Assignees of either the principal or the previous spouse.
    (b) The amount of any court ordered payment may not be less than one 
dollar and, in the absence of compelling circumstances, shall be in 
whole dollars.
    (c) In honoring and complying with a court order, the Department 
shall not be required to disrupt the scheduled method of accruing 
retirement benefits or the normal timing for making such payments, 
despite the existence of any special schedule relating to a previous 
spouse or other beneficiary.
    (d) In cases where the court order apportions a percentage of the 
retirement benefits, PER/ER/RET will initially determine the amount of 
proper payment. That amount will only be increased by future cost-of-
living increases unless the court directs otherwise.