23 Miss. Code. R. 102-6.8 - Changes in Marital Status - ABD Programs
A. A man and
woman are married for a month if they meet any of the criteria for a marital
relationship within the month.
B.
When a change occurs and an individual marries, resumes living with a spouse,
enters a "holding out" relationship, etc., use couple budgeting beginning the
month of the marriage.
1. An increase in
benefits can be effective immediately if policy otherwise allows it.
2. Adverse action rules apply when
ineligibility or a decrease in benefits results for a recipient. Termination of
marriage is effective the month after the month of a death, divorce, annulment
or separation.
C. For
the spousal impoverishment allocation, the couple must be legally married under
state law or in a common-law marriage which began prior to April 1, 1956.
1. The spousal impoverishment allocation is
not applicable to couples in "holding-out" situations which began on or after
April 1, 1956.
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