[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 3]
[Revised as of January 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR1651.5]

[Page 276]
 
                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
         CHAPTER VI--FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT INVESTMENT BOARD
 
PART 1651--DEATH BENEFITS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 1651.5  Widow or widower.

    For purposes of payment under Sec. 1651.2(a)(2), the widow or 
widower of the participant is the person to whom the participant is 
married on the date of death. A person is considered to be married even 
if the parties are separated, unless a court decree of divorce or 
annulment has been entered. State law of the participant's domicile will 
be used to determine whether the participant was married at the time of 
death.