KEYWORDS: Survivor Benefit Plan; SBP

DIGEST: Pursuant to a divorce decree, a member was required to provide his former spouse with a Survivor Benefit Plan (SBP) annuity. Although the member failed to make an election for his former spouse, she made a timely request for a deemed election for former spouse SBP coverage. Therefore, his surviving spouse’s claim for the SBP annuity must be denied.

CASE NO: 2020-CL-120203.2

DATE: June 21, 2021