20 CFR § 404.363 - When is a stepchild dependent?
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.363"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 404.363 - When is a stepchild dependent?"
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.363"
section_name: "When is a stepchild dependent?"
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "404"
---
# 404.363 When is a stepchild dependent?
If you are the insured's stepchild, as defined in § 404.357, we consider you dependent on him or her if you were receiving at least one-half of your support from him or her at one of these times—
(a) When you applied;
(b) When the insured died; or
(c) If the insured had a period of disability that lasted until his or her death or entitlement to disability or old-age benefits, at the beginning of the period of disability or at the time the insured became entitled to benefits.
[44 FR 34481, June 15, 1979, as amended at 75 FR 52621, Aug. 27, 2010]