---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.6-3"
title: "22"
number: "19.6-3"
heading: "Application for payment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.6-3"
---

# §19.6-3. Application for payment.

- (a) To receive payment from the Fund pursuant to a court award, the beneficiary must submit an application in writing to the Chief of the Retirement Division (PER/ER/RET), Department of State, Washington, DC 20520. The application must be typed or printed, signed by the beneficiary, and include—
  - (1) The full name, date of birth, current address and current marital status of the beneficiary;
  - (2) Full name and date of birth of the participant or former participant and his/her date of birth or other identifying information;
  - (3) Relationship to the beneficiary, and if a spouse or former spouse, date of marriage to and/or divorce from the participant;
  - (4) A statement that the court order has not been amended, superseded, or set aside;
- (b) When payments are subject to termination upon the occurrence of a condition subsequent, such as marriage, remarriage or termination of schooling, or death of the principal, no payment will be made until the beneficiary submits a statement to PER/ER/RET that—
  - (1) The condition has not occured;
  - (2) He/she will notify the Department (PER/ER/RET) within 15 calendar days of the occurrence of the condition subsequent; and
  - (3) He/she will be personally liable for any overpayment to him/her resulting from the occurrence of the condition subsequent. PER/ER/RET may require periodic recertification of these statements.

## 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.