What if the spouse is caring for a child of the retired employee?
A spouse of an employee receiving an age and service annuity (or a spouse of a disability annuitant who is otherwise eligible for an age and service annuity) is eligible for a spouse annuity at any age if caring for the employees unmarried child, and the child is under age 18 or the child became disabled before age 22. 5. What are some of the other general eligibility requirements? The employee must have been married to the spouse for at least one year, unless the spouse is the natural parent of their child; the spouse was eligible or potentially eligible for a railroad retirement widow(er)s, parents or disabled childs annuity in the month before marrying the employee; or the spouse was previously married to the employee and received a spouse annuity. However, entitlement to a surviving divorced spouse, surviving divorced young mother (father), or remarried widow(er) annuity does not waive the one-year marriage requirement. 6. Are spouse annuities subject to offset for the receipt of o
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