§ 838.303 Expressly dividing employee annuity

5 CFR 838.303(a)(a) A court order directed at employee annuity is not a court order acceptable for processing unless it expressly divides the employee annuity as provided in paragraph (b) of this section.

5 CFR 838.303(b)(b) To expressly divide employee annuity as required by paragraph (a) of this section the court order must—

5 CFR 838.303(b)(1)(1) Identify the retirement system using terms that are sufficient to identify the retirement system as explained in § 838.611; and

5 CFR 838.303(b)(2)(2) Expressly state that the former spouse is entitled to a portion of the employee annuity using terms that are sufficient to identify the employee annuity as explained in § 838.612.