Information for Survivor Annuitants

RI 90-12
Revised November 1999
The April 1998 edition is usable.
All other previous editions are not usable.

Introduction  

This pamphlet is written for

• Widows and Widowers of:
  • Federal Employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System
  • Former Federal employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System
  • Retirees under the Federal Employees' Retirement System
    
  
  
• Former spouses of:
  • Deceased Federal employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System
  • Deceased former Federal employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System
  • Deceased retirees under the Federal Employees' Retirement System (If the marriage terminated before the employee or retiree's death)
    
    
• Children of:
  • Deceased Federal Employees covered by the Federal Employees' Retirement System
  • Deceased retirees under the Federal Employees' Retirement System

It provides information most frequently requested by Federal Employees' Retirement System survivor annuitants and their families.

If you are an employee (and not a survivor annuitant), you should not use the addresses contained in this pamphlet. The Office of Personnel Management does not have access to your personnel records. Instead, you should direct any future questions you may have to the personnel office of your agency.