{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-222.23","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 222.23","heading":"Relationship as surviving divorced spouse.","body":"A claimant will be considered to be the surviving divorced spouse of a deceased employee if the conditions in either paragraph (a) or (b) of this section are met:\n(a) Age or disability. The claimant applied for an annuity on the basis of age or disability, and the conditions set forth in § 222.22 are met.\n(b) Child in care. The claimant applied for an annuity on the basis of having a child in care, and—\n(1) His or her marriage to the employee has been terminated by a final divorce; and\n(2) He or she is not married (if the claimant remarried after the divorce from the employee, the later marriage has been terminated by death, final divorce, or annulment); and\n(3) He or she either—\n(i) Was the natural parent of the employee's child; or\n(ii) Had been married to the employee when either the employee or the claimant legally adopted the other's child or when they both legally adopted a child who was then under 18 years of age.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 222—FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS","Subpart C—Relationship as Divorced Spouse, Surviving Divorced Spouse, or Remarried Widow(er)"],"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":"c03a4587c6676539b5b3206b2c8b675444e8faa35cf7643e268f8b6cef2935a7","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-222.22","next":"us/20-cfr-222.24"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}