---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 218.39"
title: "20"
number: "218.39"
heading: "When a divorced spouse annuity ends."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/218.39"
---

# §218.39. When a divorced spouse annuity ends.


A divorced spouse annuity ends with the earliest of the last day of the month before the month in which the—

- (a) Divorced spouse dies;
- (b) Employee's entitlement to an annuity ends;
- (c) Divorced spouse marries;
- (d) Employee dies; or
- (e) Divorced spouse becomes entitled to a retirement or disability insurance benefit under the Social Security Act based on a primary insurance amount which equals or exceeds the amount of the full divorced spouse annuity before reduction for age.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f(b)(5).

### Source

Source: 54 FR 30725, July 24, 1989, unless otherwise noted.