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surviving divorced wife

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United States Code

42 U.S.C. § 416 — for the purposes of this subchapter

The term “surviving divorced wife” means a woman divorced from an individual who has died, but only if she had been married to the individual for a period of 10 years immediately before the date the divorce became effective.