Partain v. Office of Personnel Management

Gaylene R. Partain seeks review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”) affirming the denial by the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) of her request to adjust the amount of her former spouse survivor annuity benefit. Partain v. Office of Pers. Mgmt., No. DA0831010713-I-1, 93 M.S.P.R. 305, 2002 WL 31424768 (M.S.P.B. Oct. 23, 2002). We affirm.

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On February 17, 1994, Gaylene R. Par-tain and Billy J.E. Partain were divorced by an Oklahoma state court decree which specified the share of Billy Partain’s monthly retirement annuity and survivor annuity that Ms.…