{"data":{"id":"us/20-cfr-222.31","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"20 CFR 222.31","heading":"Relationship as child for annuity and lump-sum payment purposes.","body":"(a) Annuity claimant. When there are claimants under paragraph (a)(1), (a)(2), or (a)(3) of § 222.30, a person will be considered the child of the employee when that person is—\n(1) The natural or legally adopted child of the employee (see § 222.33); or\n(2) The stepchild of the employee; or\n(3) The grandchild or step-grandchild of the employee or spouse; or\n(4) The equitably adopted child of the employee.\n(b) Lump-sum payment claimant. A claimant for a lump-sum payment must be one of the following in order to be considered the child of the employee:\n(1) The natural child of the employee;\n(2) A child legally adopted by the employee (this does not include any child adopted by the employee's widow or widower after the employee's death); or\n(3) The equitably adopted child of the employee. For procedures on how a determination of the person's relationship to the employee is made, see §§ 222.32-222.33.","path":["Title 20—Employees' Benefits","CHAPTER II—RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD","SUBCHAPTER B—REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT","PART 222—FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS","Subpart D—Relationship as Child"],"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":"756a303e911bbd6b138b691b78c54b6471527fae7fa617b81367df12480124ae","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/20-cfr-222.30","next":"us/20-cfr-222.32"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}