106 CMR, § 703.310 - TAFDC Relationship

(A) Requirements.

(1) The grantee must be related to the dependent child in one of the following ways:

(a) A blood relative, including a mother, father, sister, brother, niece, nephew, aunt, uncle, first cousin, first cousin once removed (second or third cousins are not included under this definition), or any of these relatives of the preceding generation as denoted by prefixes of grand, great, great-great, or great-great-great-grandparents; blood relatives include those of half-blood;

(b) A stepfather, stepmother, stepbrother, or stepsister;

(c) A parent by legal adoption or any of the adopting parent's blood relatives as defined above, natural children, or adopted children; or

(d) A spouse of any person named in 106 CMR 703.310(A)(1)(a) through (c), even if the marriage has been terminated by death or divorce.

(2) To determine if the grantee or the grantee's spouse may be included in the assistance unit, see 106 CMR 704.300 through 704.325.

(B) Verifications. Relationship must be verified by:

(1) a birth certificate showing the names of the parents; or

(2) For school-aged children, school records showing the address of the child and the name and relationship of the relative responsible for the child.

If neither is available, relationship is verified in the same manner as age. See 106 CMR 703.220(B).

Marital relationship is verified by a marriage license or certificate of marriage.

Notes

106 CMR, § 703.310

Adopted by Mass Register Issue 1360, eff. 3/9/2018.