20 CFR 416.1832
§ 416.1832 When we consider your marriage ended.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.1832, § 416.1832 When we consider your marriage ended, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79785
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We consider your marriage ended when—
(a) Your spouse dies;
(b) Your divorce or annulment becomes final;
(c) We decide that either of you is not a spouse of the other for purposes of husband's or wife's social security insurance benefits, if we considered you married only because of § 416.1806(a)(2); or
(d) You and your spouse stop living together, if we considered you married only because of § 416.1806(a)(3).
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.