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PART 19—BENEFITS FOR SPOUSES AND FORMER SPOUSES OF PARTICIPANTS IN THE FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY SYSTEM

• 19.1—Authorities.
• 19.2—Definitions.
• 19.3—Participants.
• 19.4—Special rules for computing creditable service for purposes of payments to former spouses.
• 19.5—Required notifications to Department respecting spouses and former spouses.
• 19.5-1—Notification from participant or annuitant.
• 19.5-2—Notification to Department from former spouses.
• 19.5-3—Residence of spouse during service at unhealthful post.
• 19.6—Court orders and divorce decrees.
• 19.6-1—Orders by a court.
• 19.6-2—Qualifying court order.
• 19.6-3—Application for payment.
• 19.6-4—Date of court orders.
• 19.6-5—Preliminary review.
• 19.6-6—Notification.
• 19.6-7—Decision.
• 19.6-8—Allotment to beneficiary.
• 19.6-9—Limitations.
• 19.6-10—Liability.
• 19.7—Spousal agreements.
• 19.7-1—Purpose.
• 19.7-2—Agreement with spouse.
• 19.7-3—Agreement with former spouse.
• 19.7-4—Form of agreement.
• 19.7-5—Limitations.
• 19.7-6—Duration and precedence of spousal agreements.
• 19.8—Obligations of members.
• 19.9—Pension benefits for former spouses.
• 19.9-1—Entitlement.
• 19.9-2—Commencement and termination.
• 19.9-3—Computation and payment of pension to former spouse.
• 19.9-4—Effect on annuitant.
• 19.10—Types of annuities to members.
• 19.10-1—Full annuity.
• 19.10-2—Reduced annuity with regular survivor annuity to spouse or former spouse.
• 19.10-3—Marriage after retirement.
• 19.10-4—Death or divorce of a spouse and remarriage after retirement.
• 19.10-5—Reduced annuity with additional survivor annuity to spouse or former spouse.
• 19.10-6—Benefits for recall service.
• 19.11—Survivor benefits.
• 19.11-1—Kinds of survivor benefits.
• 19.11-2—Regular survivor annuity for a former spouse.
• 19.11-3—Regular survivor annuity for a spouse.
• 19.11-4—Procedure in event a spouse or former spouse is missing.
• 19.11-5—Commencement, termination and adjustment of annuities.
• 19.11-6—Death during active duty.
• 19.11-7—Annuity payable to surviving child or children.
• 19.11-8—Required elections between survivor benefits.
• 19.12—Employment in a Government agency.
• 19.13—Lump-sum payment.
• 19.13-1—Lump-sum credit.
• 19.13-2—Share payable to a former spouse.
• 19.13-3—Payment after death of principal.
• 19.14—Waiver of annuity.