5 CFR § 843.411 - Direct payments to children.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t5/s843.411"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "5 CFR § 843.411 - Direct payments to children."
title_number: 5
title_name: "Administrative Personnel"
section_number: "843.411"
section_name: "Direct payments to children."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "CIVIL SERVICE REGULATIONS"
part_number: "843"
part_name: "FEDERAL EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM—DEATH BENEFITS AND EMPLOYEE REFUNDS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 8461; 843.205, 843.208, and 843.209 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8424; 843.309 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8442; 843.406 also issued under 5 U.S.C. 8441."
regulatory_source: "52 FR 2074, Jan. 16, 1987, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "843"
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# 843.411 Direct payments to children.

For purposes of section 8466(c) of title 5, United States Code, persons who have attained age 18 are considered adults, regardless of the age of majority in the jurisdiction in which they reside.