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20 CFR 725.213 - Duration of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.

• Section Number: 725.213
• Section Name: Duration of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.

    (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 
Sec. 725.212 are satisfied.
    (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:
    (1) The surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse marries; or
    (2) The surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse dies.
    (c) A surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse whose 
entitlement to benefits has been terminated pursuant to 
Sec. 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 Sec. 725.212. The individual shall not be required to 
reestablish the miner's entitlement to benefits (Sec. 725.212(a)(3)(i)) 
or the miner's death due to pneumoconiosis (Sec. 725.212(a)(3)(ii)).