Spouse Annuity
A spouse annuity ends the month before the month in which:
- you die;
- the employee dies (a widow(er)'s annuity may become payable at this time);
- the employee's entitlement to an employee annuity terminates due to recovery from disability;
- your marriage to the employee ends by absolute divorce (a divorced spouse annuity may become payable at this time);
- your marriage to the employee is dissolved by annulment; or,
- the child qualifying you for an annuity is no longer in care or attains age 18 or recovers from disability. Your spouse annuity will end unless you are old enough to receive a spouse annuity based on age.
Divorced Spouse Annuity
A divorced spouse annuity ends the month before the month in which:
- you die;
- the employee dies (a surviving divorced spouse annuity may become payable at this time);
- the employee's entitlement to an employee annuity terminates due to recovery from disability;
- you marry;
- you become entitled to social security benefits on your own earnings record that are greater than the RRA divorced spouse gross annuity; or,
- you become entitled to an RRA survivor annuity based on another claim number that exceeds the amount of the RRA divorced spouse annuity.