---
kind: "unit"
title: "5"
title_heading: "Administrative Personnel"
key: "chI/subchB/part838"
level: "part"
label: "Part 838"
heading: "Court Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits"
release: "ecfr-current"
date: "2026-08-27"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838"
sections_count: 108
---

# Part 838 — Court Orders Affecting Retirement Benefits

Title 5 C.F.R. — Administrative Personnel › Chapter I — Office of Personnel Management › Subchapter B — Civil Service Regulations

## Contents

- [Subpart A — Court Orders Generally](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartA.md)
- [Subpart B — Procedures for Processing Court Orders Affecting Employee Annuities](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartB.md)
- [Subpart C — Requirements for Court Orders Affecting Employee Annuities](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartC.md)
- [Subpart D — Procedures for Processing Court Orders Affecting Refunds of Employee Contributions](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartD.md)
- [Subpart E — Requirements for Court Orders Affecting Refunds of Employee Contributions](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartE.md)
- [Subpart F — Terminology Used in Court Orders Affecting Employee Annuities or Refunds of Employee Contributions](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartF.md)
- [Subpart G — Procedures for Processing Court Orders Awarding Former Spouse Survivor Annuities](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartG.md)
- [Subpart H — Requirements for Court Orders Awarding Former Spouse Survivor Annuities](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartH.md)
- [Subpart I — Terminology Used in Court Orders Awarding Former Spouse Survivor Annuities](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartI.md)
- [Subpart J — Court Orders Affecting Civil Service Retirement Benefits](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartJ.md)
- [Subpart K — Court Orders Under the Child Abuse Accountability Act](/cfr/5/chI-subchB-part838-subpartK.md)