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  1. Title 20 —Employees' Benefits
  2. Chapter III —Social Security Administration
  3. Part 404 —Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (1950- )
  4. Subpart D —Old-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability
  5. Benefits for Spouses and Divorced Spouses   View Full Text
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Title 20Employees' BenefitsPart / Section
Chapter IIISocial Security Administration400 – 499
Part 404Federal Old-Age, Survivors and Disability Insurance (1950- )404.1 – 404.2127
Subpart DOld-Age, Disability, Dependents' and Survivors' Insurance Benefits; Period of Disability404.301 – 404.392
Benefits for Spouses and Divorced Spouses404.330 – 404.349
§ 404.330Who is entitled to wife's or husband's benefits.
§ 404.331Who is entitled to wife's or husband's benefits as a divorced spouse.
§ 404.332When wife's and husband's benefits begin and end.
§ 404.333Wife's and husband's benefit amounts.
§ 404.335How do I become entitled to widow's or widower's benefits?
§ 404.336How do I become entitled to widow's or widower's benefits as a surviving divorced spouse?
§ 404.337When does my entitlement to widow's and widower's benefits start and end?
§ 404.338Widow's and widower's benefits amounts.
§ 404.339How do I become entitled to mother's or father's benefits as a surviving spouse?
§ 404.340How do I become entitled to mother's or father's benefits as a surviving divorced spouse?
§ 404.341When mother's and father's benefits begin and end.
§ 404.342Mother's and father's benefit amounts.
§ 404.344Your relationship by marriage to the insured.
§ 404.345Your relationship as wife, husband, widow, or widower under State law.
§ 404.346Your relationship as wife, husband, widow, or widower based upon a deemed valid marriage.
§ 404.347“Living in the same household” defined.
§ 404.348When is a child living with me in my care?
§ 404.349When is a child living apart from me in my care?
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