[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 221]

 

                      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.