Qualified Spouse definition

Qualified Spouse means a person to whom a Participant is considered married for at least one year prior to the commencement of his retirement or his death, if earlier, under applicable law and, if and to the extent provided in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order (within the meaning of Section 206(d) of the Employee Retirement Income Act of 1974 (otherwise referred to as ERISA) and 414(p) of the Code), a Participant’s former Spouse.
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Qualified Spouse means (1) a spouse who is legally married to you throughout the one year period immediately before your Annuity Starting Date or, if earlier, before your death; or (2) if you have been married for less than one year on your Annuity Starting Date, a spouse who is legally married to you on your Annuity Starting Date and for at least one year before your death; or (3) your former spouse who is designated as your Qualified Spouse by a QDRO.Effective June 26, 2013, the determination of a lawful marriage will be made without regard to sex. A “spouse” does not include a person who has entered into a registered domestic partnership, civil union or other formal relationship with you that is not denominated as a marriage.
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Qualified Spouse means a Spouse or former Spouse of a Participant as identified and described in Sections 5.01 for purposes of Article V.
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Examples of Qualified Spouse in a sentence

  • The Beneficiary, Qualified Spouse or representative of the estate shall not be permitted to designate, directly or indirectly, the taxable year of payment.

  • The portion of the Participant’s benefit assigned to the Alternate Payee through this order will be paid in the 50% Spouse Pension form with the Alternate Payee treated as the Participant’s Qualified Spouse for purposes of entitlement to the Surviving Spouse Pension should the Participant die prior to the Alternate Payee.

  • Effective October 1, 1994 the surviving Qualified Spouse who is eligible for a benefit under this Section 9.02 prior to the date the Participant would have attained Normal Retirement Age may elect to defer commencement of this benefit until the first day of any month through the date the Participant would have attained Normal Retirement Age.

  • If your Qualified Spouse dies be- fore you, the option is voided and you will receive a pension benefit with no reduction commencing the month following your spouse’s death.

  • If the surviving Qualified Spouse was not eligible for an immediate annuity under paragraph (b) above, the Surviving Spouse Annuity shall commence on the first day of the earliest month the Participant could have commenced benefits under Article VI were he to have survived to such earliest benefit commencement date while earning no additional Pension Credit.

  • A Qualified Spouse (or properly designated beneficiary or beneficiaries) or Beneficiary will receive a death benefit in the amount set forth in Section 4.4(A) and in the manner and form of payment set forth in 4.4(B).

  • If, after the forfeiture, the Participant or the Qualified Spouse (or properly designated beneficiary or beneficiaries) later claims the benefit under this Plan, then the benefit will be reinstated without interest or earnings from the date of forfeiture.

  • No Retiree or Qualified Spouse shall receive a Pension of less than four hundred dollars ($400.00).

  • No Retiree or Qualified Spouse shall receive a Pension of less than five hundred dollars ($500.00).

  • If the Participant fails to so continually comply, then all of the Participant’s benefits (including, without limitation, benefits to such employee’s Participant’s Qualified Spouse or designated beneficiary or beneficiaries) under this Plan shall be automatically forfeited and repaid to Ferro as provided in Section 10.19 hereof.


More Definitions of Qualified Spouse

Qualified Spouse means the unmarried widow (or widower) of a deceased Member or Retiree who (a) was married to the deceased Member before his or her retirement; or, (b) if married after the Member's retirement, the unmarried widow (or widower) of a deceased Retiree shall have been married to the Retiree at least two (2) years prior to his death.
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Qualified Spouse means the individual of the opposite sex to whom a Participant is legally married for at least twelve (12) months on his or her Annuity Starting Date or his or her date of death, whichever occurs first, or who otherwise qualifies as a Qualified Spouse under the Retirement Plan. A domestic partner may not be a Qualified Spouse.
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Qualified Spouse means the spouse to whom the Participant was married on the date of the Participant’s death and had been married throughout the one year ending with the date of the Participant’s Annuity Starting Date or, if earlier, the date of death. A spouse is also a “Qualified Spouse” if the Participant and spouse became married within the year immediately preceding the Participant’s Annuity Starting Date and they were married for at least a year before his death. Effective June 26, 2013, a couple is married, regardless of gender, if their marriage occurred in a jurisdiction which recognized their marriage as legal, regardless of the current domicile of the parties.
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Qualified Spouse as used in this Schedule II shall mean a Participant's lawful husband or wife, as the case may be, recognized under the laws of the state, or other applicable Jurisdiction, in which the Participant regularly and continuously is employed by the Company. The Company, Committee, Plan Administrator and applicable insurance company may rely on the statement of a Participant concerning the Participant's marital status and all persons claiming any benefit under the Plan shall be bound by such representation.
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Qualified Spouse means the legal spouse of a Participant, who has been married to the Member for at least a one year period ending on the Participant's date of death or Termination, if later.
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Qualified Spouse means the unmarried widow (or widower) of a deceased Member or Retiree who
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Related to Qualified Spouse

  • 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”]

  • Surviving Spouse means the widow or widower, as the case may be, of a Deceased Participant or a Deceased Beneficiary (as applicable).

  • Spouse means, an individual who,

  • Former Spouse means the individual who is considered by Applicable Laws to be the Annuitant’s former spouse or common-law partner;

  • Domestic Partner means an opposite or a same-sex partner who is at least 18 years of age and has met all of the following requirements for at least 6 months:

  • Qualified school means a nongovernmental primary or secondary

  • Qualified beneficiary means a beneficiary who, on the date the beneficiary's qualification is determined:

  • additional spouse means a spouse by the party to the marriage who is additional to the party to the marriage;

  • de facto spouse means a person of the opposite sex to the employee who lives with the employee as the husband or wife of the employee on a bona fide domestic basis, although not legally married to that person.

  • Institutionalized spouse means a married person living in a medical institution, or nursing facility, or home- and community-based waiver setting who is likely to remain living in these circumstances for at least 30 consecutive days, and whose spouse is not in a medical institution or nursing facility for the purposes of rules 441—75.5(249A), 441—75.16(249A), and 441—76.10(249A). “Local office” shall mean the county office of the department of human services or the mental health

  • Community spouse means a spouse of an institutionalized spouse for the purposes of rules 441—75.5(249A), 441—75.16(249A), and 441—76.10(249A).

  • Qualified Subsidiary means any direct or indirect Domestic Subsidiary or Eligible Foreign Subsidiary.

  • Qualified Participant means an individual who is a participant of Tier 2 and who meets 1 of the following requirements:

  • Contingent Beneficiary is the person that becomes the Beneficiary if the named Beneficiary dies prior to the Income Date.

  • Domestic partnership means an association of two or more persons to carry on as co-owners a

  • Contingent Annuitant is the natural person who becomes the Annuitant if the Annuitant dies prior to the Income Date.

  • Income beneficiary means a person to whom net income of a trust is or may be payable.

  • primary beneficiary means the individual for whose primary benefit the trust is then held. For purposes of Section 8.3, a Qualified Entity is a member of each Family Group to which such one or more Qualified Trusts that are its equity holders belong.

  • Qualified Nurse means a person who holds a valid registration from the Nursing Council of India or the Nursing Council of any state in India.

  • Joint Annuitant means the individual specified as such in the Data Pages. The Joint Annuitant must be the spouse of the Annuitant on the Contract Date.

  • Qualified student means a resident of this state who:

  • Qualified relative for purposes of item 5, means a spouse, parent, stepparent, brother, sister, stepbrother, stepsister, half-brother, half-sister, uncle, aunt, niece, nephew, first cousin, or any person denoted by the prefix "grand" or "great," or the spouse of any of the persons specified in this definition, even after the marriage has been terminated by death or dissolution.

  • Designated Beneficiary means the beneficiary or beneficiaries the Participant designates, in a manner the Administrator determines, to receive amounts due or exercise the Participant’s rights if the Participant dies or becomes incapacitated. Without a Participant’s effective designation, “Designated Beneficiary” will mean the Participant’s estate.

  • Rollover Distribution shall be defined as set forth in Section 5.05, herein."

  • Registered domestic partner means an individual joined in a domestic partnership that is registered by a county clerk in accordance with ORS 106.300 to 106.340.

  • Military spouse means a person who is married to a military service member.