20 CFR §416.1830

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We will stop considering you and your spouse an eligible couple, even if you both remain eligible, at the beginning of whichever of these months comes first—

(a)The calendar month after the month you stopped living with your eligible spouse, or
(b)The calendar month after the month in which your marriage ends.