---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.234"
title: "5"
number: "838.234"
heading: "Collection of arrearages."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.234"
---

# §838.234. Collection of arrearages.


Specific instructions are required before OPM may pay any arrearage. Except as provided in [§ 838.225(b)](/cfr/5/838.225.md?p=b), OPM will not increase a former spouse's share of employee annuity to satisfy an arrearage due the former spouse. However, under [§ 838.225](/cfr/5/838.225.md), OPM will prospectively honor the terms of an amended court order that either increases or decreases the court order's entitlement.


## 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.