[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR216.54]

[Page 203]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 216_ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY--Table of Contents
 
             Subpart F_Spouse and Divorced Spouse Annuities
 
Sec. 216.54  Who is an employee's wife or husband.

    An employee's wife or husband is an individual who--
    (a) Is married to the employee; and
    (b) Has been married to the employee for at least one year 
immediately before the date the spouse applied for annuity;
    (c) Is the natural parent of the employee's child;
    (d) Was entitled to an annuity as a widow(er), a parent, or a 
disabled child under this part in the month before he or she married the 
employee; or
    (e) Could have been entitled to a benefit listed in paragraph (d) of 
this section, if the spouse had applied and been old enough in the month 
before he or she married the employee.