Post-Retirement

A former spouse’s survivor annuity terminates for one of the following reasons:

• In accordance with the terms of the court order
• Upon remarriage before age 55, unless the employee or annuitant were married at least 30 years.
• Death of the former spouse (unless the court order directs the benefit is paid to the estate or surviving children)

A former spouse’s court-ordered apportionment of a retiree's annuity stops at the earliest of the following:

• The date specified in a court order which requires termination of the apportionment
• The last day of the first month before OPM receives a court order that invalidates, vacates, or sets aside the court order submitted by the former spouse
• The first day of the second month after OPM receives an amended court order
• The last day of the first month before the death of the retiree
• The last day of the month before the former spouse’s death, unless the order directs OPM to pay, after the death of the former spouse, the former spouse’s share of the employee annuity. A court order may direct OPM to continue payment of a former spouse’s apportionment to the court, an officer of the court acting as fiduciary, the estate of the former spouse, or one or more of the retiree’s children.