Pamela M. Hokanson v. Office of Personnel Management

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• post-death order that “purported to clarify the divorce decree” was a “ ‘modification’ of th[e] decree and ... therefore ineffective for purposes of awarding ... a former spouse survivor annuity”
• “The statute and regulations are clear. An award of a former spouse survivor annuity must be express. This requirement is not a mere technicality; it provides for a clear allocation of rights between the interested parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).