---
kind: "section"
citation: "5 C.F.R. § 843.405"
title: "5"
number: "843.405"
heading: "Dependency."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/5/843.405"
---

# §843.405. Dependency.


To be eligible for survivor annuity benefits, a child must have been dependent on the employee or retiree at the time of the employee's or retiree's death.


## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441.

### Source

Source: 52 FR 2074, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted.