---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 219.56"
title: "20"
number: "219.56"
heading: "When evidence of a parent's support is required."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/219.56"
---

# §219.56. When evidence of a parent's support is required.


If a person applies for a parent's annuity, the Board will require evidence to show that the parent received at least one-half of his or her support from the employee in the one-year period before—

- (a) The employee died; or
- (b) The beginning of a period of disability if the employee had a period of disability which did not end before his or her death.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C 231f.

### Source

Source: 54 FR 31942, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted.