Legal Opinion
Pamela M. Hokanson v. Office of Personnel Management
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 22, 1997No. 97-3078PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
LOURIE, Circuit Judge.
Pamela M. Hokanson petitions for review of the final decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board affirming the Office of Personnel Management’s (OPM’s) denial of Ms. Hokanson’s claim for a survivor annuity. Hokanson v. Office of Personnel Management, 71 M.S.P.R. 564 (1996). Because the board did not err in determining that Ms. Hokanson’s divorce decree did not expressly provide for a former spouse survivor annuity, we affirm.
BACKGROUND
On June 18, 1990, Ms. Hokanson and her husband, who was a long-time federal employee and thus was eligible for civil service retirement…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Margaret A. Cheeseman v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1986
- Kim M. Fox v. Office of Personnel ManagementCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1996
- Constance Berry Newman, Director, Office of Personnel Management v. Lois G. Love and Esther E. Penn, and Merit Systems Protection BoardCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
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