{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-404.333","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 404.333","heading":"Wife's and husband's benefit amounts.","body":"Your wife's or husband's monthly benefit is equal to one-half the insured person's primary insurance amount. If you are entitled as a divorced wife or as a divorced husband before the insured person becomes entitled, we will compute the primary insurance amount as if he or she became entitled to old-age benefits in the first month you are entitled as a divorced wife or as a divorced husband. The amount of your monthly benefit may change as explained in § 404.304.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER III—SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION","PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )","Subpart D—Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability"],"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":"c661485e3e2abfe7c4852c0fb62dc8b96aa7bf8695dce8a254aa9ba462f989da","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-404.332","next":"us/20-cfr-404.335"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}