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Remarriage and Federal Benefits
Department of the Air Force
Tue Apr 1, 2008 10:46 AM
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This article should be taken seriously by all Federal employees. In my 30 plus years in the HR world this was one of the areas that caused our employees the most grief - the other area was who got the life insurance benefits after an employee died.
Employees should insure that they have a clearly and easily understood agreement, often times their lawyers used too much legalize for someone to clearly determine who got what, and that all parties, including new spouses, are aware of such agreements. Employees whose agreements where so vague or non existent, often ended up leaving it to a third party to decide who got what and someone ended up feeling they got cheated. Another thing to remember is that your agency's HR department can not overturn an OPM decision - even if you meant to submit a new insurance form, or told your new spouse what you wanted or meant to do any of the other things you needed to do so that your benefits when to the right person.
Remarriage and federal Benefits
IRS
Tue Apr 1, 2008 12:40 PM
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So, assuming Eric dies first (as men tend to do), does this mean Carolyn (wife 1) gets a 55% survivor benefit and so does Karen (wife 2)?
Re: Remarriage and federal Benefits
Dod Agency
Tue Apr 1, 2008 1:55 PM
Re: Remarriage and federal Benefits
FCC
Thu Apr 3, 2008 8:44 AM
Re: Remarriage and federal Benefits
IRS
Tue Apr 8, 2008 4:55 PM
But take it easy on wife #1! We have no way of knowing just what hubby and wife #2 took that could have been hers all these years. Maybe this was just nasty revenge, but maybe it was long delayed justice.
It's all a matter of perspective, I suppose.
Retirement benefits to ex spouses
Dept. of Agriculture
Tue Apr 1, 2008 2:43 PM
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I thought if the ex spouse remarried that the ex spouse no longer is entitled to the retirement of the retired government employee?
Re: Retirement benefits to ex spouses
BLM
Tue Apr 1, 2008 4:05 PM
The Federal Powers-That-Be should just make a rule that spousal annuities elections terminate with divorce - period. Anyone who still wants to provide for an "ex" can find another way.
Re: Retirement benefits to ex spouses
Dept. of Agriculture
Fri Apr 4, 2008 10:38 AM
OPM DECISIONS
UNITED STATES AIR FORCE
Tue Apr 1, 2008 9:00 PM
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this article does not sound like the opm i have dealt with concerning survivor spouse benefits. i was divorced in december 2005 and have yet to obtain a decision on a court order that my ex submitted to opm in may 2006. my case involves a second wife also, but opm will not provide a decision on where the benefits would go to in case of my death. i had my congressman make an inquiry and he assured me they would provide me with an answer soon. that was 4 months ago. based on informal information i got from an opm employee, it was suggested that due to the backlog of cases, opm gives priority to cases where the retiree has already died and i may never get a decision while i am alive! i have tried several times to get a decision and they simple ignore my letters. my advice to any retiree involved in a divorce to make sure you have a lawyer that knows what he is doing. my lawyer and my ex spouse's lawyer did not have a clue about civil service retirement.
Divorce & retirement benefits
DFAS
Wed Apr 2, 2008 9:42 AM
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Question:
After my divorce in 1988, I became a Federal Employee in 1989. Is my ex-husband entitled to any of my retirement benefits?
Re: Divorce & retirement benefits
IRS
Wed Apr 2, 2008 11:46 AM
Re: Divorce & retirement benefits
IT Spec
Wed Apr 2, 2008 1:03 PM
Re: Divorce & retirement benefits
Department of the Air Force
Fri Apr 11, 2008 4:56 PM
Specific Language in my Divorce Decree
Dept of Air Force
Mon Apr 7, 2008 1:20 PM
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The plan shall pay directly to the Alternate Payee, a substantial %tage (hereinafter defined) of defendant's retirement benefits received before retiring, resulting from and/o related to such retirement and/or service, payable each month as a personal perperty right in monthly retirement pay, or payable as a lump sum in the event of withdrawal of retirement benefits before retirement. This %tage shall be 50% of a fraction, the numerator of which shall be 16.0 and the denominator of which shall be the total years of defendent's Civil Service employment credited to her retirement. This %tage is not subject to any increase or decrease and shall remain as a fixed %tage at all times, subjectto any cost of living adjustments. The amt of her retirement at the time of this final decree which shall be used for all calculations is the current value of $25,450.00 not the total value of the fund at the time of her actual retirement. My Ex got $425/month. Request OPM calulate what you paid i n
Specific Language in my Divorce Decree
Dept of Air Force
Tue Apr 8, 2008 7:01 AM
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Additional comments, I ran out of space:
I was married 16 years of my 30 year career. It is very important to put a dollar figure in the equation. I obtained my information reference the $25,450.00 from OPM in the 90's. You must request this from your Personnel Office, OPM etc. The $25,450.00 is what I had paid into my civil service retirement after 16 years.
Hope this helps.
PEACE