20 CFR § 404.373 - Parent's benefit amounts.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.373"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 404.373 - Parent's benefit amounts."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.373"
section_name: "Parent's benefit amounts."
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"
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# 404.373 Parent's benefit amounts.
Your parent's monthly benefit before any reduction that may be made as explained in § 404.304, is figured in one of the following ways:
(a) *One parent entitled.* Your parent's monthly benefit is equal to 82
1/2 percent of the insured person's primary insurance amount if you are the only parent entitled to benefits on his or her earnings record.
(b) *More than one parent entitled.* Your parent's monthly benefit is equal to 75 percent of the insured person's primary insurance amount if there is another parent entitled to benefits on his or her earnings record.