---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 222.50"
title: "20"
number: "222.50"
heading: "When child dependency determinations are made."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/222.50"
---

# §222.50. When child dependency determinations are made.

- (a) **Dependency determination.** One of the requirements for a child's annuity or for increasing an employee or spouse annuity under the social security overall minimum provision on the basis of the presence of a child in the family group is that the child be dependent upon the employee. The dependency requirements and the time when they must be met are explained in [§§ 222.51 through 222.57](/cfr/20/222.51..222.57.md).
- (b) **Related determinations.** To prove a child's dependency, an applicant may be asked to show that at a specific time the child lived with the employee, that the child received contributions for his or her support from the employee, or that the employee provided at least one-half of the child's support. The terms “living with”, “contributing to support”, and “one-half support” are defined in §§ [222.58](/cfr/20/222.58.md), [222.42](/cfr/20/222.42.md), an 222.43. These determinations are required when—
  - (1) A natural child or legally adopted child of the employee is adopted by someone else; or
  - (2) **The child claimant is the stepchild, grandchild, or equitably adopted child of the employee.**

## Notes

### Authority

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

### Source

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