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surviving spouse
noun
A spouse that outlives the person to whom they are married, thereby obtaining legal rights with respect to the property of the deceased spouse.
Exact(60)
(The rest passes to the surviving spouse).
§ 725.215 Determination of dependency; surviving spouse.
(b)Remarriage of the surviving spouse.
§ 725.214 Determination of relationship; surviving spouse.
There is one other category: surviving spouse.
§ 725.212 Conditions of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.
§ 725.213 Duration of entitlement; surviving spouse or surviving divorced spouse.
Annuities can also offer some income to a surviving spouse.
OBERMEYER--Bunny (Shirley Weber), surviving spouse of Obie Obermeyer.
(5 Surviving spouse alone or with a child or children of the deceased veteran in custody of the surviving spouse.
What was left usually passed to the surviving spouse.
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