---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 418.1260"
title: "20"
number: "418.1260"
heading: "What major life-changing event evidence will we not accept?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/418.1260"
---

# §418.1260. What major life-changing event evidence will we not accept?

- (a) We will not accept evidence of death that fails to meet the requirements in [§§ 404.720 through 404.721](/cfr/20/404.720..404.721.md) of this chapter.
- (b) We will not accept evidence of marriage that fails to meet the requirements in [§§ 404.725 through 404.727](/cfr/20/404.725..404.727.md) of this chapter.
- (c) We will not accept evidence that your marriage has ended if the evidence fails to meet the requirements in [§ 404.728](/cfr/20/404.728.md) of this chapter.
- (d) We will not accept documents supporting loss of income from income-producing property, or failure of or loss from a defined benefit pension plan unless the documents are original documents or copies from the original source.
- (e) We will not accept evidence of work reduction or work stoppage that cannot be substantiated.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 702(a)(5) and 1839(i) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 902(a)(5) and 1395r(i)).

### Source

Source: 71 FR 62931, Oct. 27, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Source

Source: 70 FR 77675, Dec. 30, 2005, unless otherwise noted.