[Code of Federal Regulations] [Title 38, Volume 1] [Revised as of January 1, 2007] From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access [CITE: 38CFR10.41] [Page 539] TITLE 38--PENSIONS, BONUSES, AND VETERANS' RELIEF CHAPTER I--DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS PART 10_ADJUSTED COMPENSATION--Table of Contents Sec. 10.41 Definition of ``child''. The term child as used in the regulations in this part includes: (a) A legitimate child; (b) A child legally adopted; (c) A stepchild if a member of the veteran's household at the time of the death of the veteran, or (d) An illegitimate child but as to the father only if acknowledged in writing signed by him, or if he has been judicially ordered or decreed to contribute to such child's support or has been judicially decreed to be the putative father of such child.