---
kind: "section"
citation: "45 C.F.R. § 2525.290"
title: "45"
number: "2525.290"
heading: "What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/45/2525.290"
---

# §2525.290. What happens to an education award upon divorce or death?

- (a) **Prohibition on treatment of an education award as marital property.** An education award may not be treated as marital property, or the asset of a marital estate, subject to division in a divorce or other civil proceeding.
- (b) **Death of Eligible Individual.** An educational award expires and is no longer available for any purpose upon the death of the Eligible Individual, except for:
  - (1) Any award or portion of the educational award the Eligible Individual transferred prior to death;
  - (2) Any amount for which the Eligible Individual submitted a request for disbursement prior to death that the National Service Trust had not yet either received or acted upon as of the date of death.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 12601-12606

### Source

Source: 88 FR 44727, July 13, 2023, unless otherwise noted.