---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.342"
title: "20"
number: "404.342"
heading: "Mother's and father's benefit amounts."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.342"
---

# §404.342. Mother's and father's benefit amounts.


Your mother's or father's monthly benefit is equal to 75 percent of the insured person's primary insurance amount. The amount of your monthly benefit may change as explained in [§ 404.304](/cfr/20/404.304.md).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Secs. 202, 203(a) and (b), 205(a), 216, 223, 225, and 702(a)(5) of the Social Security Act (42 U.S.C. 402, 403(a) and (b), 405(a), 416, 423, 425, and 902(a)(5)).

### Source

Source: 44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, unless otherwise noted.