Beatrice M. Rosato v. Office of Personnel Management

Beatrice M. Rosato petitions for review of the decision of the Merit Systems Protection Board (“Board”), No. BN0831960205-I-1, 75 M.S.P.R. 317, 1997 WL 233547 (1997), affirming the reconsideration decision of the Office of Personnel Management (“OPM”) denying her any share of the current annuity being paid to her former husband. We affirm.

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Beatrice and Mario Rosato were divorced in Connecticut on July 11,1988. As a federal employee, Mr. Rosato was entitled to certain benefits, including an annuity payable in his lifetime on his retirement. Federal law contemplates that a federal employee may…