[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 20, Volume 1]
[Revised as of April 1, 2007]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 20CFR266.2]

[Page 526-527]
 
                      TITLE 20--EMPLOYEES' BENEFITS
 
                  CHAPTER II--RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
 
PART 266_REPRESENTATIVE PAYMENT--Table of Contents
 
Sec.  266.2  Recognition by the Board of a person to act in behalf of another.

    (a) Regardless of the receipt of written notice of the appointment 
of a guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person 
or estate of an incompetent or a minor who is receiving or claiming 
benefits or to whom any right or privilege is extended under the law, 
the Board may, in its discretion, validly recognize actions by and 
conduct transactions with others acting on behalf of the individual 
found by the Board to be a minor or to be unable to manage his or her 
affairs, if the Board finds such actions or transactions to be in the 
best interest of such individual.
    (b) In the absence of a written notice of the appointment of a 
guardian or other person legally vested with the care of the person or 
estate of an incompetent or minor, the Board shall,

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except where special circumstances appear, recognize a person to act on 
behalf of an individual under the following circumstances:
    (1) When the individual has been adjudged mentally incompetent by a 
court having jurisdiction to do so;
    (2) When the individual has been committed to a mental institution 
by a court having jurisdiction to do so;
    (3) When the individual is an inmate of a mental institution;
    (4) When the individual is less than 16 years of age; or
    (5) When the individual is between 16 and 18 years of age and is in 
the care of another person and does not have the capacity to act on his 
or her own behalf.