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Title 20 - Employees' Benefits last revised: Mar 17, 2025
All TitlesTitle 20Chapter VIPart 725Subpart B - Subpart B—Persons Entitled to Benefits, Conditions, and Duration of Entitlement
View all text of Subpart B [§ 725.201 - § 725.233]
§ 725.205 - Determination of dependency; spouse.

For the purposes of augmenting benefits, an individual who is the miner's spouse (see § 725.204) will be determined to be dependent upon the miner if:

(a) The individual is a member of the same household as the miner (see § 725.232); or

(b) The individual is receiving regular contributions from the miner for support (see § 725.233(c)); or

(c) The miner has been ordered by a court to contribute to such individual's support (see § 725.233(e)); or

(d) The individual is the natural parent of the son or daughter of the miner; or

(e) The individual was married to the miner (see § 725.204) for a period of not less than 1 year.

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
source: 65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted.
cite as: 20 CFR 725.205
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