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5 CFR §843.209

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The current and/or former spouse notification requirement will be waived upon a showing that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined. A request for waiver on this basis must be accompanied by—
  1. (a)A judicial or administrative determination that the current and/or former spouse's whereabouts cannot be determined; or
  2. (b)Affidavits by the former employee and two other persons, at least one of whom is not related to the former employee, attesting to the inability to locate the current and/or former spouse and stating the efforts made to locate the current and/or former spouse.