§ 21295 Nonmember Retirement Eligibility

• •You can retire and get money if you were married to someone who worked long enough to retire, but you're not the worker yourself.
• •The worker must have been old enough to retire when you got divorced or separated.
• •The worker must be old enough to retire when you ask for the money.
• •You have to ask in writing to get the retirement money.

John worked for the government for 30 years and was old enough to retire. He got divorced from his wife, Jane. Later, John turned 65, the age he could retire. Jane can now ask for retirement money because she was married to John when he had worked long enough to retire.

Jane can get retirement money because John had worked long enough to retire when they got divorced, and now he is old enough to retire. Jane needs to ask in writing to get the money.