{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.67","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.67","heading":"“Child in care.”","body":"(a) Railroad Retirement Act. Part 222 of this chapter sets forth what is required to establish that a child is in an individual's care for purposes of the Railroad Retirement Act. This definition is used to establish eligibility for the tier II component of a female spouse or widow(er) annuity under that Act. Under this definition a child must be under age 18 or under a disability before any benefit is payable based upon having the child in care.\n(b) Social Security Act. In order to establish eligibility for the tier I components of a spouse or widow(er) annuity, and eligibility for a surviving divorced spouse annuity based upon having a child of the employee in care, the definition of “child in care” found in the Social Security Act is used. Under this definition, a child must be under age 16 or under a disability.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 216—ELIGIBILITY FOR AN ANNUITY","Subpart G—Widow(er), Surviving Divorced Spouse, and Remarried Widow(er) Annuities"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-20.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:24:45Z","sha256":"878267ff914b088fce53909428aa6a8555cd3eac6493377f6292257aa686573d","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.66","next":"us/20-cfr-216.68"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}