[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: 5CFR843.209]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 843_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM_DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE 
 
                       Subpart B_One-time Payments
 
Sec.  843.209  Waiver of notification requirement.

    The current and/or former spouse notification requirement will be 
waived upon a showing that the current and/or former spouse's 
whereabouts cannot be determined. A request for waiver on this basis 
must be accompanied by--
    (a) A judicial or administrative determination that the current and/
or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined; or
    (b) Affidavits by the former employee and two other persons, at 
least one of

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whom is not related to the former employee, attesting to the inability 
to locate the current and/or former spouse and stating the efforts made 
to locate the current and/or former spouse.