20 CFR § 404.354 - Your relationship to the insured.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.354"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 404.354 - Your relationship to the insured."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.354"
section_name: "Your relationship to the insured."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )"
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currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
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generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "404"
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# 404.354 Your relationship to the insured.
You may be related to the insured person in one of several ways and be entitled to benefits as his or her child, *i.e.*, as a natural child, legally adopted child, stepchild, grandchild, stepgrandchild, or equitably adopted child. For details on how we determine your relationship to the insured person, see §§ 404.355 through 404.359.
[63 FR 57593, Oct. 28, 1998]