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420.When do father's or mother's insurance benefits end?Your father's or mother's insurance benefits end if any of the
conditions below are met:             There are no children of the deceased worker under
age 16  or disabled (as defined in  §324) who are  entitled to a child's insurance
benefit;If you are a surviving divorced father or mother,
you have  no natural or legally adopted child under age 16 or disabled
who is  entitled to a child's insurance benefit on the deceased worker's
earnings  record; You become entitled to a widow(er)'s insurance benefit
(see  §§401-402);You die;You become entitled to retirement insurance benefits
in an  amount equal to or greater than three-fourths (.75) of the
spouse's  primary insurance amount; You marry someone of the opposite gender; or NOTE: If you marry a person entitled to
retirement, disability, divorced spouse's, widow(er)'s, father's,
mother's, parent's, or childhood disability benefits, see  §1852. If the  subsequent
marriage ends, you may be re-entitled (see  §417).For benefits payable before January 1991: You were qualified for benefits only under the conditions
explained in §402  (B); and Your monthly benefits are awarded on the same earnings
record to another individual who either: Is validly married to the worker; or Has the same status under State law with respect to
the  taking of intestate personal property as would a widow(er). You are not entitled to father's or mother's insurance benefits
for  the month in which any of the terminating events above occur. Last Revised: Mar. 12, 2009
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