CFR > Title 5 - Administrative Personnel > CHAPTER I—OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT > SUBCHAPTER B—CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS (parts 110 to 990) > PART 838—COURT ORDERS AFFECTING RETIREMENT BENEFITS > SUBPART B—Procedures for Processing Court Orders Affecting Employee Annuities (§838.201 to §838.243) > 838.241—Cost-of-living adjustments.

838.241—Cost-of-living adjustments.

Unless otherwise provided in the court order, when the terms of the court order or § 838.621 provide for cost-of-living adjustments on the former spouse's payment from employee annuity, the cost-of-living adjustment will be effected at the same time and at the same percentage rate as the cost-of-living adjustment in the employee annuity.