[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: 5CFR850.202]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (CONTINUED)
 
PART 850_RETIREMENT SYSTEMS MODERNIZATION--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart B_Applications for Benefits; Elections
 
Sec.  850.202  Survivor elections.

    (a) A survivor election under subsection (j) or (k) of section 8339, 
or under section 8416, 8417, or 8420 of title 5, United States Code, 
which is otherwise required to be in writing may be effected in such 
form as the Director prescribes under Sec.  850.104.
    (b)(1) Except as provided in Sec. Sec.  831.622(b)(1), 831.631, 
831.632, 842.610(b)(1), 842.611, and 842.612 of this chapter, an 
individual making a survivor election at the time of retirement may not 
revoke or change that election later than 35 days after the date of the 
OPM notice to the individual of the amount of annuity to which he or she 
is entitled.
    (2) A retiree may change a survivor election under Sec.  
831.622(b)(1) or Sec.  842.610(b)(1) of this chapter no later than 18 
months after the commencing date of the annuity to which he or she is 
entitled.