38 CFR § 10.40 - Payment on account of minor child.

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title: "38 CFR § 10.40 - Payment on account of minor child."
title_number: 38
title_name: "Pensions, Bonuses, and Veterans' Relief"
section_number: "10.40"
section_name: "Payment on account of minor child."
chapter_name: "DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS"
part_number: "10"
part_name: "ADJUSTED COMPENSATION"
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authority: "72 Stat. 1114; 38 U.S.C. 501. Rights and benefits are continued in effect by sec. 12(b), 72 Stat. 1264, 38 U.S.C. note prec. Part 1."
regulatory_source: "13 FR 7122, Nov. 27, 1948, unless otherwise noted."
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# 10.40 Payment on account of minor child.

Payments to a minor child shall be made to the legally constituted guardian, curator or conservator, or to the person found by the director to be otherwise legally vested with the care of the child.