{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-725.213","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 725.213","heading":"Duration of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.","body":"(a) An individual is entitled to benefits as a surviving spouse, or as a surviving divorced spouse, for each month beginning with the first month in which all of the conditions of entitlement prescribed in § 725.212 are satisfied.\n(b) The last month for which such individual is entitled to such benefits is the month before the month in which either of the following events first occurs:\n(1) The surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse marries; or\n(2) The surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse dies.\n(c) A surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse whose entitlement to benefits has been terminated pursuant to § 725.213(b)(1) may thereafter again become entitled to such benefits upon filing application for such reentitlement, beginning with the first month after the marriage ends and such individual meets the requirements of § 725.212. The individual shall not be required to reestablish the miner's entitlement to benefits (§ 725.212(a)(3)(i)) or the miner's death due to pneumoconiosis (§ 725.212(a)(3)(ii)).","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR","SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED","PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED","Subpart B—Persons Entitled to Benefits, Conditions, and Duration of Entitlement"],"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":"feb724f242159e0e052292286e46fecb1e9742193eb091f522ee18c16f263369","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-725.212","next":"us/20-cfr-725.214"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}