OPM computation of formulas.

CFR · 2024-01-01 · US · Title 5

(a) A court order directed at employee annuity is not a court order acceptable for processing unless the court order provides sufficient instructions and information that OPM can compute the amount of the former spouse's monthly benefit using only the express language of the court order, subparts A, B, and F of this part, and information from normal OPM files. (b)(1) To provide sufficient instructions and information for OPM to compute the amount of the former spouse's share of the employee annuity as required by paragraph (a) of this section the court order must state the former spouse's share as— (i) A fixed amount; (ii) A percentage or a fraction of the employee annuity; or (iii) A formula that does not contain any variables whose values are not readily ascertainable from the face of the court order directed at employee annuity or normal OPM files. (2) Normal OPM files include information about— (i) The dates of employment for all periods of creditable civilian and military service; (ii) The rate of basic pay for all periods of creditable civilian service; (iii) The annual rates of basic pay for each grade and step under the General Schedule since 1920; (iv) The amount of premiums for basic and optional life insurance under the Federal Employees Group Life Insurance Program; (v) The amount of the Government and the employee shares of premiums for any health insurance plan under the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program; (vi) The standard Federal income tax withholding

official document · source cfr-2024 · id 5:§ 838.305