CFR > 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 (parts 718 to 726) > 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 (§725.201 to §725.233) > 725.205—Determination of dependency; spouse.

725.205—Determination of dependency; spouse.

For the purposes of augmenting benefits, an individual who is the miner's spouse (see § 725.204) will be determined to be dependent upon the miner if:
(a) The individual is a member of the same household as the miner (see § 725.232 ); or
(b) The individual is receiving regular contributions from the miner for support (see § 725.233(c) ); or
(c) The miner has been ordered by a court to contribute to such individual's support (see § 725.233(e) ); or
(d) The individual is the natural parent of the son or daughter of the miner; or
(e) The individual was married to the miner (see § 725.204) for a period of not less than 1 year.