---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 222.1"
title: "20"
number: "222.1"
heading: "Introduction."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/222.1"
---

# §222.1. Introduction.


This part sets forth and describes the family relationships that may make a claimant eligible for an annuity or lump-sum payment under the Railroad Retirement Act and furnishes the basic rules for determining when those relationships exist. Such relationships may result from a current or terminated marriage or through birth, death or adoption. Other relevant relationships are having a child in care, dependency or lack of it, contributing to support, living in the same household, and being under court order to contribute to support.


## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

Source: 54 FR 42949, Oct. 19, 1989, unless otherwise noted.