{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.66","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.66","heading":"Who is an employee's surviving divorced spouse.","body":"An individual who was married to the employee is the deceased employee's surviving divorced spouse if he or she:\n(a) Was married to the employee for a period of at least 10 years immediately before the date the divorce became final, and applies for an annuity based on age or disability; or\n(b) Applies for an annuity based on having a “child in care” and either:\n(1) Is the natural parent of the employee's child;\n(2) Was married to the employee at the time the employee or the surviving divorced spouse adopted the other's child who was then under 18 years old; or\n(3) Was married to the employee at the time they adopted a child who was then under 18 years old.","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 G—Widow(er), Surviving Divorced Spouse, and Remarried Widow(er) 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":"32cd846078f675dc6dd1b6a4a56a6c32ed7a84a4a7887dddb219d93916dda529","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.65","next":"us/20-cfr-216.67"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}