[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: 22CFR19.9-1]

[Page 92-93]
 
                       TITLE 22--FOREIGN RELATIONS
 
                     CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF STATE
 
PART 19_BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN 
 
Sec.  19.9-1  Entitlement.

    (a) Unless otherwise expressly provided by a spousal agreement under 
Sec.  19.7 or a court order under Sec.  19.6, a person who, after 
February 15, 1981, becomes a former spouse of a participant (or former 
participant who separated from the Service after February 15, 1981) and 
who has not remarried prior to becoming 60 years of age, becomes 
entitled to a monthly pension benefit effective on a date determined 
under Sec.  19.9-2 in an amount determined under Sec.  19.9-3.

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    (b) A former spouse shall not be qualified for a pension under this 
subsection if, before the commencement of that pension, the former 
spouse remarries before becoming 60 years of age.
    (c) A pension benefit under this section is treated the same as a 
survivor annuity for purposes of Sec.  19.11-5(b): a former spouse who 
elects to receive a pension under this section must waive simultaneous 
receipt of any survivor annuity.

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