---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.354"
title: "20"
number: "404.354"
heading: "Your relationship to the insured."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.354"
---

# §404.354. Your relationship to the insured.


You may be related to the insured person in one of several ways and be entitled to benefits as his or her child, i.e., as a natural child, legally adopted child, stepchild, grandchild, stepgrandchild, or equitably adopted child. For details on how we determine your relationship to the insured person, see [§§ 404.355 through 404.359](/cfr/20/404.355..404.359.md).


## Notes

### Amendments

[63 FR 57593, Oct. 28, 1998]

### 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.

### Amendments

[63 FR 57593, Oct. 28, 1998]