{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.54","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.54","heading":"Who is an employee's wife or husband.","body":"An employee's wife or husband is an individual who—\n(a) Is married to the employee; and\n(b) Has been married to the employee for at least one year immediately before the date the spouse applied for annuity;\n(c) Is the natural parent of the employee's child;\n(d) Was entitled to an annuity as a widow(er), a parent, or a disabled child under this part in the month before he or she married the employee; or\n(e) Could have been entitled to a benefit listed in paragraph (d) of this section, if the spouse had applied and been old enough in the month before he or she married the employee.","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":"4f624ca7a528f2fdf5a98ce36814843f910a551249cd4f2b58b10a4dce694b98","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.53","next":"us/20-cfr-216.60"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}