---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 222.40"
title: "20"
number: "222.40"
heading: "When determinations of relationship are made for parent, grandchild, brother or sister."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/222.40"
---

# §222.40. When determinations of relationship are made for parent, grandchild, brother or sister.

- (a) **Parent.** The claimant's relationship as a parent of the employee is determined when the claimant applies for an annuity or for lump-sum payments.
- (b) **Grandchild.** The claimant's relationship as a grandchild, rather than as a child, of the employee is determined when the claimant applies for lump-sum payments.
- (c) **Brother or sister.** The claimant's relationship as a brother or sister of the employee is determined when the claimant applies for lump-sum payments.

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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