qualified former spouse
(2) Qualified former spouse The term “qualified former spouse” means a former spouse of an employee or retired employee who— (A) in the case of a former spouse whose divorce from such employee became final on or before December 4, 1991 , was married to such employee for not less than 10 years during periods of the employee’s service which are creditable under section 8411 of title 5 , at least 5 years of which were spent outside the United States by both the employee and the former spouse during the employee’s service with the Agency; and (B) in the case of a former spouse whose divorce from such employee becomes final after December 4, 1991 , was married to such employee for not less than 10 years during periods of the employee’s service which are creditable under section 8411 of title 5 , at least 5 years of which were spent by the employee outside the United States during the employee’s service with the Agency or otherwise in a position the duties of which qualified the employee for designation by the Director under the criteria prescribed in section 2013 of this title .