20 CFR § 404.732 - Evidence you are a stepparent or stepchild.
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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s404.732"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 404.732 - Evidence you are a stepparent or stepchild."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "404.732"
section_name: "Evidence you are a stepparent or stepchild."
chapter_name: "SOCIAL SECURITY ADMINISTRATION"
part_number: "404"
part_name: "FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950- )"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
cfr_part: "404"
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# 404.732 Evidence you are a stepparent or stepchild.
If you are the stepparent or stepchild of the insured person, we will ask for the evidence described in § 404.731 or § 404.733 that which shows your natural or adoptive relationship to the insured person's husband, wife, widow, or widower. We will also ask for evidence of the husband's, wife's, widow's, or widower's marriage to the insured person—see § 404.725.