---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.51"
title: "25"
number: "700.51"
heading: "Custodial parent."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.51"
---

# §700.51. Custodial parent.


A custodial parent is a person who has the immediate personal care, charge, and control of a minor child who resides in his/her household, or a person who fills the parental role but who is not necessarily blood-related.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: Pub. L. 99-590; Pub. L. 93-531, 88 Stat. 1712 as amended by Pub. L. 96-305, 94 Stat. 929, Pub. L. 100-666, 102 Stat. 3929 (25 U.S.C. 640d).

### Source

Source: 47 FR 2092, Jan. 14, 1982, unless otherwise noted.