[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: 20CFR217.10]

[Page 212-213]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 217_APPLICATION FOR ANNUITY OR LUMP SUM--Table of Contents
 
                         Subpart B_Applications
 
Sec. 217.10  Application filed after death.

    (a) A survivor eligible for an annuity or lump sum under this 
chapter may file an application to establish a period of disability if 
the employee dies before filing an application for a disability annuity. 
A period of disability is defined in part 220 of this chapter. The 
application must be filed within three months after the month the 
employee died.
    (b) A person who could receive payment for the estate of a person 
who paid the burial expenses of the deceased employee may file an 
application if the person who paid the burial

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expenses dies before applying for the lump-sum death payment under part 
234 of this chapter. The application must be filed within the two-year 
period shown in Sec. 217.9 (c)(1).
    (c) A widow(er) or surviving divorced spouse may file an application 
for a spouse or divorced spouse annuity after the death of the employee 
if the widower(er) or surviving divorced spouse was eligible for a 
spouse or divorced spouse annuity in any month before the month the 
employee died. The spouse or divorced spouse annuity is payable from the 
beginning date set forth in part 218 of this chapter.

(Approved by the Office of Management and Budget under control numbers 
3220-0031 and 3220-0032)

[47 FR 7647, Feb. 22, 1982, as amended at 52 FR 11017, Apr. 6, 1987; 54 
FR 13364, Apr. 3, 1989]