---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.235"
title: "5"
number: "838.235"
heading: "Payment of lump-sum awards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.235"
---

# §838.235. Payment of lump-sum awards.


If a court order acceptable for processing awards a former spouse a lump-sum amount from the employee annuity and does not state the monthly rate at which OPM should pay the lump-sum, OPM will pay the former spouse equal monthly installments at 50 percent of the gross annuity (subject to the limitations under [§ 838.211](/cfr/5/838.211.md)) at the time of retirement or the date of the order, whichever comes later, until the lump-sum amount is paid.


## 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.