---
kind: "section"
citation: "32 C.F.R. § 724.115"
title: "32"
number: "724.115"
heading: "Next of kin."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/32/724.115"
---

# §724.115. Next of kin.


The person or persons in the highest category of priority as determined by the following list (categories appear in descending order of priority): Surviving legal spouse; children (whether by current or prior marriage) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; father or mother, unless by court order custody has been vested in another (adoptive parent takes precedence over natural parent); siblings (whole or half) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; grandfather or grandmother; any other relative (precedence to be determined in accordance with the civil law of descent of the deceased former member's state of domicile at time of death).


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 301; 10 U.S.C. 1553.

### Source

Source: 50 FR 10943, Mar. 19, 1985, unless otherwise noted.