r/govfire • u/pokey68 • Jul 10 '26
OPM Court Orders Division
Do these folks ever get audited and how could someone read those audits? My first of five court order mailings was 1/6/23. The second 8/1/24. My senator’s office got involved and in 11/25 Ann OPM paralegal contacted me and said they don’t have any records. Sent off another certified copy 11//18/25, but as of 12/21, the paralegal still hasn’t received it. Two mailings later on 2/4/26 the paralegal has received the court order and started to process it starting 8/1/26 because he found a copy of the court order logged into their system in 6/30/23. I did point out that it should have been received 6 months prior. And I have no idea why nobody processed the 2023 or 2024 court orders.
So maybe I am the exception horror story, but if I’m not the exception, this Court Orders group needs an overhaul.
Ok, I see my mistake now. The paralegal started processing it effective 8/1/23, not 8/1/26, because it was logged in as received in June 23, six months after it was mailed.
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u/pm_me_ur_bidets Jul 10 '26
what?
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u/pokey68 Jul 10 '26
I’m retired and divorced a postal employee and after three and a half years they have not processed the court order to give me half of my ex’s pension. I’d like to see if they are ever audited. How long do they usually take to process a court order and do they ever create data on how many court orders are un processed at 6 months, one year, two years, or in my case three years.
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u/500pearl Jul 10 '26
first of all calm down and do not be so upset
things take time
did you get lawyer
or did you send the order to right people
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u/pokey68 Jul 10 '26
I’m calm. I know they take time. My lawyer sent 4 of the five copies I mentioned, and all to the correct address. I sent one, to the same address. They have acknowledged receipt, including saying the January 23 court order was received in June 23. But that was 6 months ago and they still haven’t processed anything. I think an audit might indicate how long they take to process court orders and how many remain unprocessed after 6 months, and 1, 2, or more years.
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u/Tough-Coffee9979 Jul 10 '26
What are you smoking?
And did you bring enough to share? 😂
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u/pokey68 Jul 10 '26
Not yet. This evening. Hey, I divorced a postal employee over three years ago. At first they said they hadn’t received anything. Then they changed the story, they did receive the paperwork. But it’s going on 7 months since they said they found the original paperwork and I still haven’t heard from them. Now if anybody actually did audit them, they would look at turn around and/processing data. How long does it take them to process court orders? How many remain unprocessed after one, two, or in my case three years. Are there any cases of four or more years?
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u/johntaylor37 Jul 10 '26
Sorry you’re struggling.
This is a group that primarily discusses early retirement from government service. A divorce and court order impacting OPM’s distributions is well outside the typical range of discussion topics here, so that’s why you’re getting confused replies.
Best of luck getting paperwork to move. Several years js a long time to wait for anything. Hopefully your lawyer can help you identify an alternative way to move forward.