[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 5, Volume 2]
[Revised as of January 1, 2002]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 5CFR870.803]

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                    TITLE 5--ADMINISTRATIVE PERSONNEL
 
          CHAPTER I--OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT (Continued)
 
PART 870--FEDERAL EMPLOYEES' GROUP LIFE INSURANCE PROGRAM--Table of Contents
 
      Subpart H--Order of Precedence and Designation of Beneficiary
 
Sec. 870.803  Child incapable of self-support.

    (a) When it receives a claim for Option C benefits because of the 
death of a child age 22 or older, OFEGLI determines, based on whatever 
evidence it considers necessary, whether the deceased child was 
incapable of self-support because of a mental or physical disability 
which existed before the child reached age 22.
    (b) If an employee elects Option C under Sec. 870.506(a) (3), and 
the opportunity to elect is based solely on the acquisition of a child 
age 22 or older, the employee must submit to the employing office, at 
the time of making the election, a doctor's certificate stating that the 
child is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental 
disability which existed before the child reached age 22 and which is 
expected to continue for more than 1 year. The certificate must include 
the name of the child, the type of disability, how long it has existed, 
and its expected future course and duration. The certificate must be 
signed by the doctor and show his/her office address.