Former spouse
Former spouse means a former wife or husband of a participant or former participant who was married to such participant for not less than 10 years during service of the participant which is creditable under chapter 8 of the Act with at least 5 years occurring while the employee was a member of the Foreign Service and who retired from the Foreign Service Retirement System.
Source
22 CFR § 20.1
Scoping language
As used in this part, unless otherwise specified, the following have the meaning indicated: