# 20 CFR § 725.206: Determination of relationship; divorced spouse

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.206

## Section

- **Citation:** 20 CFR § 725.206
- **Heading:** Determination of relationship; divorced spouse
- **Jurisdiction:** Federal
- **Kind:** Regulations
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** September 22, 2026
- **Source:** Publisher's official text
- **Location:** Title 20—Employees' Benefits > CHAPTER VI—OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR > SUBCHAPTER B—FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED > PART 725—CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED > Subpart B—Persons Entitled to Benefits, Conditions, and Duration of Entitlement > Conditions and Duration of Entitlement: Miner's Dependents (Augmented Benefits)

## Text

For the purposes of augmenting benefits with respect to any claim considered or reviewed under this part or part 727 of this subchapter (see § 725.4(d)), an individual will be considered to be the divorced spouse of a miner if the individual's marriage to the miner has been terminated by a final divorce on or after the 10th anniversary of the marriage unless, if such individual was married to and divorced from the miner more than once, such individual was married to the miner in each calendar year of the period beginning 10 years immediately before the date on which any divorce became final.

## Nearby sections

- [20 CFR § 725.202 § 725.202 Miner defined; condition of entitlement, miner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.202.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.203 § 725.203 Duration and cessation of entitlement; miner.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.203.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.204 § 725.204 Determination of relationship; spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.204.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.205 § 725.205 Determination of dependency; spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.205.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.206 § 725.206 Determination of relationship; divorced spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.206.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.207 § 725.207 Determination of dependency; divorced spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.207.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.208 § 725.208 Determination of relationship; child.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.208.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.209 § 725.209 Determination of dependency; child.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.209.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.210 § 725.210 Duration of augmented benefits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.210.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.211 § 725.211 Time of determination of relationship and dependency of spouse or child for purposes of augmentation of benefits.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.211.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.212 § 725.212 Conditions of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.212.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.213 § 725.213 Duration of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.213.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.214 § 725.214 Determination of relationship; surviving spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.214.md)
- [20 CFR § 725.215 § 725.215 Determination of dependency; surviving spouse.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/ecfr-20-725.215.md)

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