---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 843.209"
title: "5"
number: "843.209"
heading: "Waiver of notification requirement."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/843.209"
---

# §843.209. Waiver of notification requirement.


The current and/or former spouse notification requirement will be waived upon a showing that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined. A request for waiver on this basis must be accompanied by—

- (a) A judicial or administrative determination that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined; or
- (b) Affidavits by the former employee and two other persons, at least one of whom is not related to the former employee, attesting to the inability to locate the current and/or former spouse and stating the efforts made to locate the current and/or former spouse.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 2074, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted.