---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.13-2"
title: "22"
number: "19.13-2"
heading: "Share payable to a former spouse."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.13-2"
---

# §19.13-2. Share payable to a former spouse.


A former spouse of a participant or annuitant is entitled to a prorata share of 50 percent of any lump-sum payment authorized to be paid to a former participant under this section who separated from the Service on or after February 15, 1981, unless otherwise directed in a court order or a spousal agreement.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 206 and 801 of Foreign Service Act of 1980 (94 Stat. 2079, 2102); Sec. 4 of Act of May 26, 1949 (22 U.S.C. 2658).

### Source

Source: 46 FR 12958, Feb. 19, 1981, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 46 FR 18970, Mar. 27, 1981.