[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: 20CFR218.42]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 218_ANNUITY BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES--Table of Contents

 

                     Subpart D_When an Annuity Ends

 

Sec.  218.42  When a parent annuity ends.



    (a) Tier I. The tier I benefit of a parent annuity ends with the 

earliest of the last day of the month before the month in which the 

parent--

    (1) Dies;

    (2) Becomes entitled to an old age benefit under the Social Security 

Act that is equal to or larger than the tier I benefit of the parent 

annuity before any reduction for the family maximum, unless he or she is 

also entitled to a tier II benefit (reduction for the family maximum is 

discussed in part 228 of this chapter);

    (3) Becomes entitled to another survivor annuity in a larger amount, 

unless he or she elects to be paid the smaller annuity; or

    (4) Remarries after the employee's death, unless he or she marries a 

person who is entitled to Social Security or Railroad Retirement Act 

benefits as a divorced spouse, widow, widower, mother, father, parent, 

or disabled child.

    (b) Tier II. The tier II benefit of a parent annuity ends with the 

earliest of the last day of the month before the month in which the 

parent--

    (1) Dies;

    (2) Remarries after the employee's death; or

    (3) Becomes entitled to another survivor annuity in a larger amount, 

unless he or she elects to be paid the smaller annuity.