---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 1650.3"
title: "5"
number: "1650.3"
heading: "Frozen accounts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/1650.3"
---

# §1650.3. Frozen accounts.

- (a) All distributions from the TSP are subject to the rules relating to spousal rights (found in [subpart G](/cfr/5/subpartG.md) of this part) and to domestic relations orders, alimony and child support legal process, and child abuse enforcement orders (found in [5 CFR part 1653](/cfr/5/part1653.md)).
- (b) A participant may not take a distribution of any portion of his or her account balance if the account is frozen due to a pending retirement benefits court order, an alimony or child support enforcement order, or a child abuse enforcement order, or because a freeze has been placed on the account by the TSP record keeper for another reason.

## Notes

### Amendments

[87 FR 31681, May 24, 2022]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8351, 8432d, 8433, 8434, 8435, 8474(b)(5) and 8474(c)(1).

### Source

Source: 68 FR 35503, June 13, 2003, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[87 FR 31681, May 24, 2022]