20 CFR 416.1856
§ 416.1856 Who is considered a child.
United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective
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- 20 CFR 416.1856, § 416.1856 Who is considered a child, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79788
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We consider you to be a child if—
(a)(1) You are under 18 years old; or
(2) You are under 22 years old and you are a student regularly attending school or college or training that is designed to prepare you for a paying job;
(b) You are not married; and
(c) You are not the head of a household.
Legislative history
This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.