---
kind: "section"
citation: "25 C.F.R. § 700.57"
title: "25"
number: "700.57"
heading: "Dependent."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/25/700.57"
---

# §700.57. Dependent.


A dependent is a person who either derives more than one-half of his/her support from another or is under the custody, control and care of another. In instances where there are conflicting claims for the dependent status of a person in more than one household, the household of the person having custody, control and care shall be determined to be the household wherein the person is a dependent.


## 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.