Uploading a Court Order on This Site

What You Need to Do

A court order must be submitted to and qualified by the TSP Court Order Center to become a qualified Retirement Benefits Court Order (RBCO) or Child Support Court Order (CSCO).

Follow These Steps to Upload Your Order

If you have already drafted a Court Order and would like to upload it online, begin by following the step by step process outlined on this site to upload your order.

Follow These Steps to Create an Order

You should review the TSP Court Order procedures for guidance as you create your order.

1. Print the order you create. You may want your attorney to review the order.
2. Get the completed order signed by a judge.
3. Have the order court-certified by the clerk of the court.

   Court-Certified

   A court-certified order is signed or stamped by the judge or other court official and has a stamp or seal from the clerk of the court stating the order is certified. Contact us to learn if a photocopy or a faxed copy of a court-certified order is acceptable for qualification requirements.

4. Upload the order according to the instructions above or send via mail to:
   TSP Court Order Center
   C/O Broadridge Processing
   Post Office Box 120
   Newark, NJ 07101-0120
   

What the TSP Court Order Center Will Do

After the order is received, the TSP Court Order Center will:

• Restrict the participant's benefit activity..
• Review the order to ensure that it meets all the qualification requirements.
• Notify all interested people in writing in 20 days of receiving the order whether or not it meets all qualification requirements.
• Send all interested people in the order copies of the submitted order.
• If the order is qualified, direct the TSP to establish separate benefits for the payee.