Eligible Spouse definition

Eligible Spouse means a spouse of an Eligible Retiree who satisfies the requirements for eligibility described in the Eligibility section of this document, or an ex-spouse who is an Eligible Spouse with rights to coverage as an Eligible Spouse pursuant to a court order recognized by SHARP. A Spouse must be married to retiree at least one year prior to the effective date of retirement. A Spouse married after the retiree’s effective retirement date is considered a non-eligible spouse for purposes of the Plan. [See “Spouse”]

Eligible Spouse means the individual to whom the Member is married, or to whom the Member was married on the date of his death. The determination of whether a Member is married shall be made by the Vice President based on the law of the location that is determined by the Vice President to be the Member’s principal residence; provided, however, that for purposes of the DC Program, a Member shall have only one Eligible Spouse.

Eligible Spouse means a Spouse as further defined in Section 2.3.

Examples of Eligible Spouse in a sentence

• Any Beneficiary designation that does not provide for the Participant's Eligible Spouse to receive at least fifty percent (50%) of the Participant's vested account balance in the form of a life annuity must be consented to by the Eligible Spouse in writing, with the signature of the Eligible Spouse witnessed by a notary public.

• If a Participant has an Eligible Spouse at retirement, the entire amount of his or her account will be used to purchase an immediate joint and fifty percent (50%) contingent annuity, where the Eligible Spouse is named as the contingent annuitant; unless the Participant and Eligible Spouse elect payment in one of the forms described in Section 6.01.

• If the Participant and Eligible Spouse elect an optional form of payment, in order for the election form to be effective it shall carry the Eligible Spouse's consent in writing to such an election and the Eligible Spouse's signed acknowledgement of the effect of such election.

• The Participant and Eligible Spouse may make such an election on forms provided by the Plan Administrator any time prior to payment of any benefits.

More Definitions of Eligible Spouse

Eligible Spouse means:

Eligible Spouse means an aged, blind or disabled husband or wife of an SSI-eligible person, who lives with the SSI-eligible person, and is also eligible for SSI.

Eligible Spouse means a Spouse other than one who

Eligible Spouse means the surviving spouse of a deceased employee unless the spouse abandoned the employee for longer than the year immediately preceding the death without good cause, as determined by the division.

Eligible Spouse means a person who, at the date of the member’s or pensioner’s death, was either the –

Eligible Spouse means the spouse of a Participant who, under the laws of the State where the marriage was contracted, is deemed married to that Participant on the date on which the payments from this Plan are to begin to the Participant, except that for purposes of Articles V and VI hereof, Eligible Spouse shall mean a person who is married to a Participant for a period of at least one year prior to his death.

Eligible Spouse means the member of a married couple who is either aged, blind, or disabled.