[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: 5CFR843.305]

[Page 337]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 843_FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM_DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE 
 
              Subpart C_Current and Former Spouse Benefits
 
Sec.  843.305  Reinstatement.

    (a) If a current spouse annuity is terminated because of a 
remarriage of the recipient, the annuity is reinstated on the day of the 
termination of the remarriage by death, annulment, or divorce if--
    (1) The surviving spouse elects to receive this annuity instead of 
another survivor benefit to which he or she may be entitled (under FERS 
or another retirement system for Government employees) by reason of the 
remarriage; and
    (2) Any lump sum paid on termination of the annuity is repaid (in a 
single payment or by withholding payment of the annuity until the amount 
of the lump sum has accrued).
    (b) If present or future entitlement to a former spouse annuity 
terminates because of remarriage of the recipient or potential 
recipient, the entitlement is permanently extinguished. An annulment of 
the remarriage does not reinstate the entitlement.