For applying the facility of payment and deduction before reduction provisions, consider
beneficiaries entitled on the same record to be in the same household when:
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they live together in a family-type relationship and
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a mutual sharing of income is likely.
It is not necessary for a parent to have or exercise control over a child. In the
presence of contrary evidence, the assumptions in GN 02603.090A.1. and GN 02603.090A.2. listed below are not valid.
1. Indications of living in same household
Assume beneficiaries to be living in the same household when they receive benefits:
2. Indications of living in separate households
Assume that beneficiaries are living in separate households when they receive benefits
through:
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A legal guardian who does not have custody,
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A superintendent of an Indian agency.
In addition, separate households probably exist for:
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A child in the armed forces (regardless of mailing address),
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A spouse or parent who are subject to deductions because the children involved are
under age 16 and they are not in-care, or
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A child who is their own payee and receives checks at school rather than at the family
home.