20 CFR § 416.1830 - When we stop considering you and your spouse an eligible couple.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s416.1830"
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title: "20 CFR § 416.1830 - When we stop considering you and your spouse an eligible couple."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "416.1830"
section_name: "When we stop considering you and your spouse an eligible couple."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "416"
part_name: "SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME FOR THE AGED, BLIND, AND DISABLED"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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# 416.1830 When we stop considering you and your spouse an eligible couple.
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.
[45 FR 71795, Oct. 30, 1980. Redesignated at 46 FR 29211, May 29, 1981; 46 FR 42063, Aug. 19, 1981, as amended at 60 FR 16376, Mar. 30, 1995]