---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 219.35"
title: "20"
number: "219.35"
heading: "Evidence that a marriage has ended."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/219.35"
---

# §219.35. Evidence that a marriage has ended.

- (a) **Preferred evidence.** Preferred evidence that a marriage has ended is—
  - (1) A certified copy of the decree of divorce or annulment; or
  - (2) Evidence of the death (See [§ 219.23](/cfr/20/219.23.md)) of a party to the marriage.
- (b) **Other evidence that a marriage has ended.** If preferred evidence that the marriage has ended cannot be obtained, the claimant must explain the reason therefor and submit other convincing evidence that the marriage has ended.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C 231f.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 31942, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.