---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 404.363"
title: "20"
number: "404.363"
heading: "When is a stepchild dependent?"
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/404.363"
---

# §404.363. When is a stepchild dependent?


If you are the insured's stepchild, as defined in [§ 404.357](/cfr/20/404.357.md), we consider you dependent on him or her if you were receiving at least one-half of your support from him or her at one of these times—

- (a) When you applied;
- (b) When the insured died; or
- (c) If the insured had a period of disability that lasted until his or her death or entitlement to disability or old-age benefits, at the beginning of the period of disability or at the time the insured became entitled to benefits.

## Notes

### Amendments

[44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, as amended at 75 FR 52621, Aug. 27, 2010]

### 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

[44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, as amended at 75 FR 52621, Aug. 27, 2010]