---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.243"
title: "5"
number: "838.243"
heading: "Minimum amount of awards."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.243"
---

# §838.243. Minimum amount of awards.


OPM will treat any court order that awards a former spouse a portion of an employee annuity equal to less than $12 per year as awarding the former spouse $1 per month.


## 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.