{"data":{"id":"us/32-cfr-724.115","jurisdiction":"us","citation":"32 CFR 724.115","heading":"Next of kin.","body":"The person or persons in the highest category of priority as determined by the following list (categories appear in descending order of priority): Surviving legal spouse; children (whether by current or prior marriage) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; father or mother, unless by court order custody has been vested in another (adoptive parent takes precedence over natural parent); siblings (whole or half) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; grandfather or grandmother; any other relative (precedence to be determined in accordance with the civil law of descent of the deceased former member's state of domicile at time of death).","path":["Title 32—National Defense","Subtitle A—Department of Defense","CHAPTER VI—DEPARTMENT OF THE NAVY","SUBCHAPTER C—PERSONNEL","PART 724—NAVAL DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD","Subpart A—Definitions"],"source_url":"https://www.ecfr.gov/api/versioner/v1/full/2026-08-25/title-32.xml","current_through":"2026-08-25","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T02:25:30Z","sha256":"9b1b4c0990432f27dd8018f750de07bfd528fb2dce8e58c182aaa7b9196cb5bd","source_id":"us-cfr","stale":true,"prev":"us/32-cfr-724.114","next":"us/32-cfr-724.116"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}