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20 CFR § 725.225 - Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister.

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t20/s725.225"
source: "ecfr"
legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "20 CFR § 725.225 - Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister."
title_number: 20
title_name: "Employees' Benefits"
section_number: "725.225"
section_name: "Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister."
chapter_name: "OFFICE OF WORKERS' COMPENSATION PROGRAMS, DEPARTMENT OF LABOR"
subchapter_number: "B"
subchapter_name: "FEDERAL COAL MINE HEALTH AND SAFETY ACT OF 1969, AS AMENDED"
part_number: "725"
part_name: "CLAIMS FOR BENEFITS UNDER PART C OF TITLE IV OF THE FEDERAL MINE SAFETY AND HEALTH ACT, AS AMENDED"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-03-24"
last_updated: "2026-03-24"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 28 U.S.C. 2461 note (Federal Civil Penalties Inflation Adjustment Act of 1990); Pub. L. 114-74 at sec. 701; Reorganization Plan No. 6 of 1950, 15 FR 3174; 30 U.S.C. 901  902(f), 921, 932, 936; 33 U.S.C. 901  42 U.S.C. 405; Secretary's Order 10-2009, 74 FR 58834."
regulatory_source: "65 FR 80054, Dec. 20, 2000, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "725"
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# 725.225 Determination of dependency; parent, brother, or sister.

An individual who is the miner's parent, brother, or sister will be determined to have been dependent on the miner if, during the 1-year period immediately prior to the miner's death:

(a) The individual and the miner were living in the same household (see § 725.232); and

(b) The individual was totally dependent on the miner for support (see § 725.233(h)).