19.6-2—Qualifying court order.
(a)
To be valid for purposes of this section, a court order must be found to be “qualified” by PER/ER/RET acting for the Secretary of State. A qualifying court order must—
(2)
Not direct payment of an amount in excess of the maximum amount authorized to be paid by the relevant regulation;
(3)
Direct that payments be made to an eligible beneficiary from a principal's Foreign Service retirement benefit or survivor benefit. If a court directs or implies that a principal, rather than the Secretary of State or the Government, make the payments, the order will not be considered qualified unless the principal does not object during the 30-day notice period provided under § 19.6-6 ;
(4)
Define the amount to be paid to a beneficiary in way so that it can be readily calculated from information in the normal files of the Department;
(5)
Not make payment contingent upon events other than those on which other payments from the Fund are based such as age, marital status and school attendance; and
(b)
No apportionment of annuity to a beneficiary under § 19.6-1(a) (1) or (6) shall exceed the net annuity of the principal. The net annuity is computed by excluding from the gross annuity the amounts which are:
(5)
Properly withheld for Federal income tax purposes, if amounts withheld are not greater than they would be if the individual claimed all dependents to which he/she was entitled.