20 CFR § 219.50 - When evidence of “living with” is required.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s219.50"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 219.50 - When evidence of “living with” is required."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "219.50"
section_name: "When evidence of “living with” is required."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "219"
part_name: "EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "45 U.S.C 231f."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 31942, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "219"
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# 219.50 When evidence of “living with” is required.
Evidence of “living with” (see part 222 of this chapter on Family Relationships) is required when—
(a) The employee's spouse applies for a spouse's annuity as a deemed spouse; or
(b) The employee's legal widow or widower applies for a lump-sum death payment, annuity payments due the employee but unpaid at death, or a residual lump-sum death payment on the basis of that relationship, or the employee's deemed widow or widower applies for a widow's or widower's annuity.