[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.