 |
Code of Federal Regulations (Last Updated: July 5, 2024) |
 |
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits |
|
Chapter VI - Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, Department of Labor |
|
SubChapter B - Federal Coal Mine Health and Safety Act of 1969, as Amended |
|
Part 725 - Claims for Benefits Under Part C of Title Iv of the Federal Mine Safety and Health Act, as Amended |
|
Subpart B - Persons Entitled to Benefits, Conditions, and Duration of Entitlement |
|
Conditions and Duration of Entitlement: Miner'S Dependents (Augmented Benefits) |
§ 725.217 - Determination of dependency; surviving divorced spouse.
Latest version.
-
§ 725.217 Determination of dependency; surviving divorced spouse.
An individual who is the miner's surviving divorced spouse (see § 725.216) shall be determined to have been dependent on the miner if, for the month before the month in which the miner died:
(a) The individual was receiving at least one-half of his or her support from the miner (see § 725.233(g)); or
(b) The individual was receiving substantial contributions from the miner pursuant to a written agreement (see § 725.233(c) and (f)); or
(c) A court order required the miner to furnish substantial contributions to the individual's support (see § 725.233(c) and (e)).