[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: 20CFR222.24]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 222_FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents

 

Subpart C_Relationship as Divorced Spouse, Surviving Divorced Spouse, or 

                           Remarried Widow(er)

 

Sec.  222.24  Relationship as remarried widow(er).



    (a) New eligibility. A claimant will have the relationship of a 

remarried widow(er) if he or she is the widow(er), as discussed in Sec.  

222.11, of an employee and the claimant--

    (1) Remarried after attaining age 60, or remarried after attaining 

age 50 and after the date on which he or she became disabled; or

    (2) Remarried before attaining age 60, but is now unmarried, or 

remarried before attaining age 50 or before the date on which he or she 

became disabled, but is now unmarried.

    (b) Reentitlement. A claimant will have the relationship of a 

remarried widow(er) if he or she remarries after his or her entitlement 

to an annuity as a widow(er) has been established, and the claimant--

    (1) Remarries after attaining age 60, or remarries after attaining 

age 50 and after the date on which he or she became disabled; or

    (2) Is entitled to an annuity based upon having a child of the 

employee in care and remarries, but this marriage is to a person who is 

entitled to a retirement, disability, widow(er)'s, mother's, father's, 

parent's, or disabled child's benefit under the Railroad Retirement Act 

or Social Security Act.