Post-Retirement
Questions and answers
Recurring monthly survivor payments may be made to the former spouse of a deceased retiree if the retiree elected a reduced annuity to provide a survivor benefit to the former spouse or the former spouse was awarded a survivor by court order. A former spouse must also meet the nine-month marriage requirement. For additional information about court-ordered benefits, refer to the pamphlet, "Court-Ordered Benefits for Former Spouses," and see family benefits for information about survivor benefit elections.
A former spouse may also be entitled receive all or a portion of a retiree’s employee annuity while the employee is receiving an annuity benefit if a court order expressly awards a former spouse an apportionment of the retiree’s employee annuity.