{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-216.81","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 216.81","heading":"Who is eligible for a parent's annuity.","body":"(a) Where the employee is not survived by a widow(er), or child who is or ever could be entitled to an annuity as described by subpart G or H of this part, a parent of the deceased employee is eligible for both the tier I and tier II components of an annuity if he or she:\n(1) Is age 60 or older;\n(2) Has not married since the employee died;\n(3) Received one-half of his or her support (as defined in part 222 of this chapter) from the employee at the time the employee died; and\n(4) Files proof of support as provided for in paragraphs (b)(4) and (b)(5) of this section.\n(b) Where the employee is survived by a widow(er), or child who is or ever could be entitled to an annuity as described by subpart G or H of this part, a parent of the deceased employee is eligible for an annuity consisting of the tier I component alone if he or she:\n(1) Is age 60 or older;\n(2) Has not married since the employee died;\n(3) Is not in receipt of an old age benefit under the Social Security Act equal to or exceeding the amount of the parent's tier I annuity amount before it is reduced for the family maximum but after the sole survivor minimum is considered;\n(4) Received at least one-half of his or her support (as defined in part 222 of this chapter) from the employee either:\n(i) When the employee died, or\n(ii) At the beginning of the period of disability if the employee has a period of disability (as explained in part 220 of this chapter) which did not end before death; and\n(5) Files proof of support with the Board within 2 years after either:\n(i) The month in which the employee filed an application for a period of disability if support is to be established as of the beginning of the period of disability; or\n(ii) The date of the employee's death if support is to be established at that point.\n(c) The Board may accept proof of support filed after the 2-year period for reasons which constitute good cause to do so as that term is defined in part 219 of this chapter.","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 I—Parent'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":"4419d374ed8800cf06647217ff8e39b1145f90b046690682f0cacf59f7c393b6","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-216.80","next":"us/20-cfr-216.82"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}