[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1653.1]

[Page 278]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1653_COURT ORDERS AND LEGAL PROCESSES AFFECTING THRIFT SAVINGS PLAN 
 
               Subpart A_Retirement Benefits Court Orders
 
Sec.  1653.1  Definitions.


    (a) Definitions generally applicable to the Thrift Savings Plan are 
set forth at 5 CFR 1690.1.
    (b) As used in this subpart:
    Court means any court of any State, the District of Columbia, the 
Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the 
Virgin Islands, and any Indian court as defined by 25 U.S.C. 1301(3).
    Effective date of a court order means the date it was entered by the 
clerk of the court or, if the order does not show a date entered, the 
date it was filed by the clerk of the court or, if the order does not 
contain a date entered or a date filed, the date it was signed by the 
judge.
    Retirement benefits court order or order means a court decree of 
divorce, annulment or legal separation, or a court order or court-
approved property settlement agreement incident to such a decree. Orders 
may be issued at any stage of a divorce, annulment, or legal separation 
proceeding.