[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2005]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR222.50]

[Page 421]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 222_FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS--Table of Contents
 
                 Subpart F_Child Support and Dependency
 
Sec. 222.50  When child dependency determinations are made.


    (a) Dependency determination. One of the requirements for a child's 
annuity or for increasing an employee or spouse annuity under the social 
security overall minimum provision on the basis of the presence of a 
child in the family group is that the child be dependent upon the 
employee. The dependency requirements and the time when they must be met 
are explained in Sec. Sec. 222.51 through 222.57.
    (b) Related determinations. To prove a child's dependency, an 
applicant may be asked to show that at a specific time the child lived 
with the employee, tht the child received contributions for his or her 
support from the employee, or that the employee provided at least one-
half of the child's support. The terms ``living with'', ``contributing 
to support'', and ``one-half support'' are defined in Sec. Sec. 222.58, 
222.42, an 222.43. These determinations are required when--
    (1) A natural child or legally adopted child of the employee is 
adopted by someone else; or
    (2) The child claimant is the stepchild, grandchild, or equitably 
adopted child of the employee.