[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2008]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR839.232]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 839_CORRECTION OF RETIREMENT COVERAGE ERRORS UNDER THE FEDERAL ERRONEOUS 
 
                          Subpart B_Eligibility
 
Sec.  839.232  If a deceased employee's survivors include both a current 

spouse and a former spouse, or spouses, who are eligible for survivor 

annuities, must all of them consent to an election of FERS?

    If the employee dies before making an election of retirement 
coverage under the FERCCA, all eligible potential survivors, that is, 
both the current and any former spouses, must consent to an election of 
FERS coverage. If they do not all consent, the election cannot be made.

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