---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.1016"
title: "5"
number: "838.1016"
heading: "Receipt of multiple court orders."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.1016"
---

# §838.1016. Receipt of multiple court orders.


In the event that OPM receives two or more qualifying court orders—

- (a) When there are two or more former spouses, the court orders will be honored in the order in which they were issued to the maximum extent possible under [§§ 831.641](/cfr/5/831.641.md) of this chapter and 838.1006.
- (b) Where there are two or more court orders relating to the same former spouse, the one issued last will be honored.

## Notes

### Amendments

[50 FR 20077, May 13, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 33596, July 29, 1992; 58 FR 52882, Oct. 13, 1993]

### Source

Source: 50 FR 20077, May 13, 1985, unless otherwise noted. Redesignated at 57 FR 33596, July 29, 1992.

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8347(a) and 8461(g). Subparts B, C, D, E, J, and K also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8345(j)(2) and 8467(b). Sections 838.221, 838.422, and 838.721 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8347(b).

### Source

Source: 57 FR 33574, July 29, 1992, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[50 FR 20077, May 13, 1985. Redesignated and amended at 57 FR 33596, July 29, 1992; 58 FR 52882, Oct. 13, 1993]