Code of Massachusetts Regulations
106 CMR - DEPARTMENT OF TRANSITIONAL ASSISTANCE
Title 106 CMR 703.000 - Transitional Cash Assistance Programs: Nonfinancial Eligibility
Section 703.310 - TAFDC Relationship
Universal Citation: 106 MA Code of Regs 106.703
Current through Register 1531, September 27, 2024
(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.
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