{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-725.217","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 725.217","heading":"Determination of dependency; surviving divorced spouse.","body":"An individual who is the miner's surviving divorced spouse (see § 725.216) shall be determined to have been dependent on the miner if, for the month before the month in which the miner died:\n(a) The individual was receiving at least one-half of his or her support from the miner (see § 725.233(g)); or\n(b) The individual was receiving substantial contributions from the miner pursuant to a written agreement (see § 725.233(c) and (f)); or\n(c) A court order required the miner to furnish substantial contributions to the individual's support (see § 725.233(c) and (e)).","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":"bf5e885db25610b4fd382b7ee26cf51e57080a373964828a231cd24714ea9234","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-725.216","next":"us/20-cfr-725.218"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}