---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 30.500"
title: "20"
number: "30.500"
heading: "What special statutory definitions apply to survivors under EEOICPA?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/30.500"
---

# §30.500. What special statutory definitions apply to survivors under EEOICPA?

- (a) For the purposes of paying compensation to survivors under both Parts B and E of EEOICPA, OWCP will use the following definitions:
  - (1) Surviving spouse means the wife or husband of a deceased covered Part B employee or deceased covered Part E employee who was married to that individual for the 365 consecutive days immediately prior to the death of that individual.
  - (2) **Child—** of a deceased covered Part B employee or deceased covered Part E employee means only a biological child, a stepchild or an adopted child of that individual.
- (b) For the purposes of paying compensation to survivors only under Part B of EEOICPA, OWCP will use the following additional definitions:
  - (1) **Parent—** includes fathers and mothers of a deceased covered Part B employee through adoption.
  - (2) Grandchild means a child of a child of a deceased covered Part B employee.
  - (3) Grandparent means a parent of a parent of a deceased covered Part B employee.
- (c) For the purposes of paying compensation to survivors under Part E of EEOICPA, OWCP will use the following additional definitions:
  - (1) Covered child means a child that is, as of the date of the deceased covered Part E employee's death, either under the age of 18 years, or under the age of 23 years and a full-time student who was continuously enrolled in one or more educational institutions since attaining the age of 18 years, or any age and incapable of self-support. A child's marital status or dependency on the covered employee for support is irrelevant to his or her eligibility for benefits as a covered child under Part E.
  - (2) Incapable of self-support means that the child must have been physically and/or mentally incapable of self-support at the time of the covered employee's death.

## Notes

### Amendments

[71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, as amended at 84 FR 3052, Feb. 8, 2019]

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 31 U.S.C. 3716 and 3717; 42 U.S.C. 7384d, 7384t, 7384u and 7385s-10; Executive Order 13179, 65 FR 77487, 3 CFR, 2000 Comp., p. 321; Secretary of Labor's Order No. 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, unless otherwise noted.

### Amendments

[71 FR 78534, Dec. 29, 2006, as amended at 84 FR 3052, Feb. 8, 2019]