[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: 20CFR219.37]



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                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS

 

                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

 

PART 219_EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT--Table of Contents

 

                   Subpart C_Evidence of Relationship

 

Sec.  219.37  Evidence of natural parent or child relationship.



    (a) Preferred evidence. If the claimant is the natural parent of the 

employee, preferred evidence of the ralationship is a copy of the 

employee's public or religious birth record. If the claimant is the 

natural child of the employee, preferred evidence of the relationship is 

a copy of the child's public or religious birth record.

    (b) Other evidence of parent or child relationship. (1) When 

preferred evidence of a parent or child relationship cannot be obtained, 

the Board may ask the applicant for evidence of the employee's marriage 

or of the marriage of the employee's parents if that is needed to remove 

any reasonable doubt of the relationship.

    (2) To show that a person is the child of the employee, the person 

may be asked for evidence that he or she would be able to inherit the 

employee's personal property under the law of the state where the 

employee died or had a permanent home.

    (3) In some instances the Board may ask for a signed statement from 

the employee that a person is his or her natural child, or for a copy of 

a court order showing that the person has been declared to be the child 

of the employee, or for a copy of a court order requiring the employee 

to contribute to the person's support because the person is his or her 

child, or for any other supporting evidence which may be required in 

order to establish that the person is the child of the employee.