20 CFR § 219.56 - When evidence of a parent's support is required.

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title: "20 CFR § 219.56 - When evidence of a parent's support is required."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "219.56"
section_name: "When evidence of a parent's support is required."
chapter_name: "RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "REGULATIONS UNDER THE RAILROAD RETIREMENT ACT"
part_number: "219"
part_name: "EVIDENCE REQUIRED FOR PAYMENT"
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authority: "45 U.S.C 231f."
regulatory_source: "54 FR 31942, Aug. 3, 1989, unless otherwise noted."
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# 219.56 When evidence of a parent's support is required.

If a person applies for a parent's annuity, the Board will require evidence to show that the parent received at least one-half of his or her support from the employee in the one-year period before—

(a) The employee died; or

(b) The beginning of a period of disability if the employee had a period of disability which did not end before his or her death.