---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 216.73"
title: "20"
number: "216.73"
heading: "Who may be re-entitled to a child's annuity."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/216.73"
---

# §216.73. Who may be re-entitled to a child's annuity.


If an individual's entitlement to a child's annuity has ended, the individual may be re-entitled if he or she has not married and he or she applies to be re-entitled. The re-entitlement may begin with:

- (a) The first month in which the individual is a full-time student if he or she is under age 19, or is age 19 and has not completed requirements for, or received a diploma or certificate from, a secondary school;
- (b) The first month the individual is disabled, if the disability began before he or she attained age 22 and continues through the time of application for benefits; or
- (c) The first month in which the individual is under a disability that began before the last day of a 7-year period (84 consecutive months) following the month in which the previous child's annuity ended, or the individual was no longer included as a disabled child in a railroad retirement annuity paid under the Social Security Overall Minimum Annuity (see [part 229](/cfr/20/part229.md)).

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 56 FR 28692, June 24, 1991, unless otherwise noted.