---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 725.225"
title: "20"
number: "725.225"
heading: "Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/725.225"
---

# §725.225. Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister.


An individual who is the miner's parent, brother, or sister will be determined to have been dependent on the miner if, during the 1-year period immediately prior to the miner's death:

- (a) The individual and the miner were living in the same household (see [§ 725.232](/cfr/20/725.232.md)); and
- (b) The individual was totally dependent on the miner for support (see [§ 725.233(h)](/cfr/20/725.233.md?p=h)).

## 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.