---
kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.7-6"
title: "22"
number: "19.7-6"
heading: "Duration and precedence of spousal agreements."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.7-6"
---

# §19.7-6. Duration and precedence of spousal agreements.

- (a) A spousal agreement may be revised or voided by agreement of the parties (by filing a new agreement under this section) at any time prior to the last day for filing an agreement determined in accordance with [§ 19.7-2](/cfr/22/19.7-2.md) or [§ 19.7-3](/cfr/22/19.7-3.md), except spousal agreements for additional survivor annuities are irrevocable. After the last day for filing a particular agreement, such agreement is irrevocable.
- (b) A valid spousal agreement entered into subsequent to the issuance of a court order affecting the same parties will override the court order, and shall govern payments from the Fund.
- (c) A spousal agreement may not override a previous spousal agreement involving the same principal but a different spouse or former spouse without agreement of such spouse or former spouse.

## 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.