20 CFR § 416.1832 - When we consider your marriage ended.

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title: "20 CFR § 416.1832 - When we consider your marriage ended."
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title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
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section_name: "When we consider your marriage ended."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
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# 416.1832 When we consider your marriage ended.

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).

[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]