20 CFR §222.24
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- (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 § 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.