---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.124"
title: "5"
number: "838.124"
heading: "Employees' and retirees' responsibilities."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.124"
---

# §838.124. Employees' and retirees' responsibilities.


Employees and retirees are responsible for—

- (a) Raising any objections to the validity of a court order in the appropriate State court; and
- (b) **Submitting all disputes with former spouses to the appropriate State court for resolution.**

## Notes

### 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.