20 CFR 404.344
§ 404.344 Your relationship by marriage to the insured.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 404.344, § 404.344 Your relationship by marriage to the insured, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/78236
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You may be eligible for benefits if you are related to the insured person as a wife, husband, widow, or widower. To decide your relationship to the insured, we look first to State laws. The State laws that we use are discussed in § 404.345. If your relationship cannot be established under State law, you may still be eligible for benefits if your relationship as the insured's wife, husband, widow, or widower is based upon a deemed valid marriage as described in § 404.346.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.