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20 CFR §219.50

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Evidence of “living with” (see part 222 of this chapter on Family Relationships) is required when—
  1. (a)The employee's spouse applies for a spouse's annuity as a deemed spouse; or
  2. (b)The employee's legal widow or widower applies for a lump-sum death payment, annuity payments due the employee but unpaid at death, or a residual lump-sum death payment on the basis of that relationship, or the employee's deemed widow or widower applies for a widow's or widower's annuity.