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kind: "section"
citation: "22 C.F.R. § 19.9-2"
title: "22"
number: "19.9-2"
heading: "Commencement and termination."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/22/19.9-2"
---

# §19.9-2. Commencement and termination.

- (a) The pension of a former spouse under this subsection commences on the latter of the day the principal becomes entitled to a Foreign Service annuity or on the first day of the month in which the divorce becomes final. (Suspension or reduction of a Foreign Service annuity because or reemployment does not affect the commencement of a pension to a former spouse.) In the case of any former spouse of a disability annuitant, the pension of such former spouse shall commence on the latter of:
  - (1) The date the principal would qualify for an annuity (other than a disability annuity) on the basis of his/her creditable service;
  - (2) The date the disability annuity begins; or
  - (3) **The first of the month in which the divorce becomes final.**
- (b) **The pension of a former spouse and the right thereto terminate on—**
  - (1) The last day of the month before the former spouse dies or remarries before 60 years of age; or
  - (2) The date the annuity of the former participant terminates unless the termination results from recall, reappointment or reinstatement in the Foreign Service or reemployment in Government service.

## 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.