20 CFR 404.333
§ 404.333 Wife's and husband's benefit amounts.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 404.333, § 404.333 Wife's and husband's benefit amounts, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/78227
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Your wife's or husband's monthly benefit is equal to one-half the insured person's primary insurance amount. If you are entitled as a divorced wife or as a divorced husband before the insured person becomes entitled, we will compute the primary insurance amount as if he or she became entitled to old-age benefits in the first month you are entitled as a divorced wife or as a divorced husband. The amount of your monthly benefit may change as explained in § 404.304.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.