---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 838.802"
title: "5"
number: "838.802"
heading: "CSRS limitations."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/838.802"
---

# §838.802. CSRS limitations.

- (a) A court order awarding a former spouse survivor annuity under CSRS is not a court order acceptable for processing unless the marriage terminated on or after May 7, 1985.
- (b) In the case of a retiree who retired under CSRS before May 7, 1985, a court order awarding a former spouse survivor annuity under CSRS is not a court order acceptable for processing unless the retiree was receiving a reduced annuity to provide a survivor annuity to benefit that spouse on May 7, 1985.

## 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.