---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.7-5"
title: "22"
number: "19.7-5"
heading: "Limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.7-5"
---

# §19.7-5. Limitations.

- (a) A spousal agreement may not provide for any payment from the Fund in excess of the amount otherwise authorized to be paid, or at a time not authorized by these regulations, or to a person other than a spouse or former spouse.
- (b) A spousal agreement must be filed with the Department, Attention PER/ER/RET, and accepted by that office as in conformance with the Act and these regulations prior to the times specified in §§ [19.7-2](/cfr/22/19.7-2.md) and [19.7-3](/cfr/22/19.7-3.md). That office will provide advice to the parties on the validity of any proposed agreement and on proper format.
- (c) A spousal agreement may apply only to payments from the Fund for periods after receipt of a valid agreement by the Department.
- (d) Paragraphs [(b)](/cfr/22/19.6-9.md?p=b), [(c)](/cfr/22/19.6-9.md?p=c) and [(d)](/cfr/22/19.6-9.md?p=d) of §§ 19.6-9 and 19.6-10 apply to spousal agreements and payments made pursuant to spousal agreements to the same extent that they apply to court orders and court ordered payments.

## 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.