{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.73","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.73","heading":"Who may be re-entitled to a child's annuity.","body":"If an individual's entitlement to a child's annuity has ended, the individual may be re-entitled if he or she has not married and he or she applies to be re-entitled. The re-entitlement may begin with:\n(a) The first month in which the individual is a full-time student if he or she is under age 19, or is age 19 and has not completed requirements for, or received a diploma or certificate from, a secondary school;\n(b) The first month the individual is disabled, if the disability began before he or she attained age 22 and continues through the time of application for benefits; or\n(c) The first month in which the individual is under a disability that began before the last day of a 7-year period (84 consecutive months) following the month in which the previous child's annuity ended, or the individual was no longer included as a disabled child in a railroad retirement annuity paid under the Social Security Overall Minimum Annuity (see part 229).","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 H—Child's Annuity"],"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":"8d70ca9fd64a39f6752ff4e4832da92c0bab6d3d7b9e77add702d7f026eacea2","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.72","next":"us/20-cfr-216.74"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}