{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-218.39","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 218.39","heading":"When a divorced spouse annuity ends.","body":"A divorced spouse annuity ends with the earliest of the last day of the month before the month in which the—\n(a) Divorced spouse dies;\n(b) Employee's entitlement to an annuity ends;\n(c) Divorced spouse marries;\n(d) Employee dies; or\n(e) Divorced spouse becomes entitled to a retirement or disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act based on a primary insurance amount which equals or exceeds the amount of the full divorced spouse annuity before reduction for age.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 218—ANNUITY BEGINNING AND ENDING DATES","Subpart D—When an Annuity Ends"],"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":"812aec490c528dc8bee352cd646cc81d3612979b6f0eeab2d6d4558ef640c61b","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-218.38","next":"us/20-cfr-218.40"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}