---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.221"
title: "20"
number: "725.221"
heading: "Determination of dependency; child."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.221"
---

# §725.221. Determination of dependency; child.


For the purposes of determining whether a child was dependent upon a deceased miner, the provisions of [§ 725.209](/cfr/20/725.209.md) shall be applicable, except that for purposes of determining the eligibility of a child who is under a disability as defined in section 223(d) of the Social Security Act, such disability must have begun before the child attained age 22, or in the case of a student, before the child ceased to be a student.


## 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.