Title 22, Foreign Relations and IntercourseRelease 119-102
§4068 Remarriage
Title 22 › CHAPTER 52 — FOREIGN SERVICE › SUBCHAPTER VIII — FOREIGN SERVICE RETIREMENT AND DISABILITY › Part I — Foreign Service Retirement and Disability System › § 4068
Summary
Surviving or former spouses who remarried on or after November 8, 1984 at 55 or over keep benefits despite the usual under-60 rule.
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Title 22, §4068
Foreign Relations and Intercourse, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
Notwithstanding any other provision of this part, any benefit payable under this part to a surviving spouse, former spouse, or surviving former spouse that would otherwise terminate or be lost if the individual remarried before 60 years of age, shall not terminate or be lost if the remarriage occurred on or after November 8, 1984, and the individual was 55 years of age or over on the date of the remarriage.
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Effective Date
Section effective Jan. 1, 1987, see section 702(a) of Pub. L. 99–335, set out as a note under section 8401 of Title 5, Government Organization and Employees.
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22 U.S.C. § 4068
Title 22, Foreign Relations and Intercourse
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102