{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.50","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.50","heading":"General.","body":"The Railroad Retirement Act provides annuities for the spouse, and divorced spouse, of an employee who is entitled to an employee annuity. A spouse may receive an annuity based on age, or on having a child of the employee in his or her care. A divorced spouse may only receive an annuity based on age. No spouse or divorced spouse annuity may be paid based upon disability.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 216—ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY","Subpart F—Spouse and Divorced Spouse Annuities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"33e50afd399e44af77a84fdc6b60762f83ad5417d9a5f6d589baa9904fdbdc3c","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.43","next":"us/20-cfr-216.51"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}