KEYWORDS: Survivor Benefits, SBP annuity

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: 2018-CL-080208.2

DATE: 08/29/2019