Spouse or Surviving Spouse definition

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means, except as otherwise provided in the Plan, a person who is the legally married spouse or surviving spouse of a Participant.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means, with respect to a Participant the person who is treated as married to such Participant under the laws of the state in which the Participant resides. The determination of a Participant’s Spouse or Surviving Spouse shall be made as of the earlier of the date as of which benefit payments from the Plan to such Participant are made or commence (as applicable) or the date of such Participant’s death. In addition, a Participant’s former spouse shall be treated as his Spouse or Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a qualified domestic relations order as defined in ERISA section 206.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means, solely for the purposes of minimum distribution provisions, the natural person who is the Surviving Spouse of the Participant under Federal law. For all purposes under the Plan, the Plan Sponsor may rely on any written statement furnished to it, and the Plan Sponsor has no duty to inquire concerning the non-existence or identity of a Participant's Spouse unless the Plan Sponsor has received a court order or legal process or a written notice from any office of the IRS concerning the existence or non-existence or identity of the Participant's Spouse.

Examples of Spouse or Surviving Spouse in a sentence

• Retirees, Spouse or Surviving Spouse of a Retiree or Dependent of a Retiree If you are enrolled in Medicare, Medicare will pay benefits for you first.

• Retirees, Spouse or Surviving Spouse of a Retiree or Dependent of a RetireeIf you are enrolled in Medicare, Medicare will pay benefits for you first.

• Spouse (Surviving Spouse): The Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the Participant, provided that a former Spouse will be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse and a current Spouse will not be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a qualified domestic relations order as described in section 414(p) of the Code.

• If you become eligible for Medicare because of age or disability, before becoming eligible due to end- stage renal disease, Medicare continues to pay first as your primary carrier and this Plan pays second.Retirees, Spouse or Surviving Spouse of a Retiree or Dependent of a Retiree If you are enrolled in Medicare, Medicare will pay benefits for you first.

• Any such presumption may be rebutted by facts demonstrating that any such methodology or technology in a specific case has been or is reasonably likely to be compromised.

More Definitions of Spouse or Surviving Spouse

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the Participant. A former Spouse shall be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the Participant if specifically stated in a Qualified Domestic Relations Order. To the extent that a Qualified Domestic Relations Order does not redesignate a former spouse as the beneficiary of the Participant and the divorce decree is finalized, any prior beneficiary designation of the ex-spouse by a Participant shall be null and void.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the person to whom the Participant is legally married on the date benefit payments are scheduled to begin to the Participant. The legal existence of a spousal relationship shall be governed by the law of the State of Michigan. For purposes of determining benefit recipients upon the death of the Participant, the Surviving Spouse shall be the person to whom the Participant is legally married on the date of the Participant’s death. If the Participant and Spouse die under circumstances that make the order of their deaths uncertain, it shall be presumed for purposes of this Plan that the Participant survived the Spouse.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the individual to whom a Participant or Former Participant is legally married (as determined by the Administrator) on the earliest of: (A) the date on which payment of benefits commence under the Plan, or (B) the date of the Participant's death.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the legal spouse of the Participant, provided that a former spouse will be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order, except that none of the requirements relating to consent shall apply to such former spouse.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the spouse or surviving spouse of the Participant, provided that a former spouse will be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the Spouse or Surviving Spouse of the Participant, provided that a former spouse will be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse and a current spouse will not be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse to the extent provided under a qualified domestic relations order as described in Code Section 414(p).

Spouse or Surviving Spouse means the lawful wife of a male Participant or the lawful husband of a female Participant. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, a former spouse shall be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse, and a current spouse shall not be treated as the Spouse or Surviving Spouse, to the extent provided under a Qualified Domestic Relations Order.