GroundRules
20 CFR 404.344: Your relationship by marriage to the insured.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 20—Employees' Benefits
- CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION
- PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )
- Subpart D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability
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.
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