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Originally Posted by Bill14564
- At the time he left the company the spouse was not automatically entitled to a survivor benefit.
- The employee never elected a survivor benefit for the spouse.
1. Why then would the spouse be entitled to receive a survivor benefit?
2. The law was later changed to avoid this situation. That change would not be necessary if the situation did not occur.
Unfortunately for her, this is one of those cases that made the later law desirable.
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Laws enacted that explains it.