---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.205"
title: "20"
number: "725.205"
heading: "Determination of dependency; spouse."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.205"
---

# §725.205. Determination of dependency; spouse.


For the purposes of augmenting benefits, an individual who is the miner's spouse (see [§ 725.204](/cfr/20/725.204.md)) will be determined to be dependent upon the miner if:

- (a) The individual is a member of the same household as the miner (see [§ 725.232](/cfr/20/725.232.md)); or
- (b) The individual is receiving regular contributions from the miner for support (see [§ 725.233(c)](/cfr/20/725.233.md?p=c)); or
- (c) The miner has been ordered by a court to contribute to such individual's support (see [§ 725.233(e)](/cfr/20/725.233.md?p=e)); or
- (d) The individual is the natural parent of the son or daughter of the miner; or
- (e) The individual was married to the miner (see [§ 725.204](/cfr/20/725.204.md)) for a period of not less than 1 year.

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901 et seq., 902(f), 921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901 et seq.; 42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834.

### Source

Source: 65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.