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20 CFR §216.54

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An employee's wife or husband is an individual who—
  1. (a)Is married to the employee; and
  2. (b)Has been married to the employee for at least one year immediately before the date the spouse applied for annuity;
  3. (c)Is the natural parent of the employee's child;
  4. (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
  5. (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.