[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
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.