Benefits are also being paid to 498 people disabled by the terrorist attacks and 81 of their dependent spouses or children.

No, the scary part turns out to be living in a country whose citizens still believe that it is actually O.K. to call people dependent spouses.

We are adventurers here in this green and pleasant land and, despite what it says in my passport, dependent spouses together.

Family has adopted principles for the protection of children and dependent spouses which could apply equally to the unmarried.

Your basic pension may be increased if you are supporting a dependent spouse or children.

In Britain, Gleick is a dependent spouse only in name.

Among them, anyone who still has young children or a dependent spouse.

But a dependent spouse may not feel she has the same freedom and must be protected more zealously by the law.

Instead, courts give the financially dependent spouse "maintenance" payments, which provide support while she or he gains a footing in the work force.

"The centers quite consciously locate" near these dependent spouses.