Nebraska Administrative Code
Topic - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEMS
Title 303 - PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT BOARD
Chapter 5 - EVIDENCE TO DETERMINE AGE AND STATUS
Section 303-5-006 - Proof of Parental Relationship
Universal Citation: 303 NE Admin Rules and Regs ch 5 ยง 006
Current through March 20, 2024
006.01 Evidence of natural parent-child relationships
006.01(a) Preferred evidence. If
a member or beneficiary is the natural parent or child of a member, preferred
evidence of the relationship is a copy of the member's or child's public or
religious birth record made before the child was five (5) years of
age.
006.01(b) Other evidence. When
the preferred evidence of a parent-child relationship cannot be obtained, NPERS
may ask the applicant for evidence of one of the following:
006.01(b)(i) Evidence of the member's
marriage or of the marriage of the member's parents, if needed to remove any
reasonable doubt of the relationship;
006.01(b)(ii) Evidence that the person
claiming to be a child of the presumed parent would be able to inherit under
intestate succession laws of the state where the death occurred (or in which
the presumed parent had a permanent home); or
006.01(b)(iii) A signed statement from the
presumed parent that the person in question is his or her natural
child
006.01(b)(iv) A copy of a
court order showing that the person in question has been declared to be the
child of the presumed parent, or a copy of a court order requiring the presumed
parent in question to contribute to the support of the person in question
because such person is his or her child,
006.01(b)(v) Or other such supporting
evidence as may be required in order to establish the parent/child
relationship.
006.02 Evidence of a stepparent / stepchild relationship
Evidence of a stepparent / stepchild relationship: NPERS may require evidence by means of the measures as specified in 005.01 or 005.02 to show a child's relationship (natural or adoptive) with the spouse of the presumed stepparent and that a valid marriage existed between the presumed stepparent and the spouse.
006.03 Evidence of a parent-child relationship by legal adoption
006.03(a)
Preferred evidence of legal adoption include:
006.03(a)(i) A copy of the decree or order of
adoption, certified by the custodian of the record;
006.03(a)(ii) A photocopy of the decree or
order of adoption; or
006.03(a)(iii) Evidence that the spouse of a
decedent adopted the children of the decedent after the decedent's death, as
specified in the above two subsections.
006.03(b) Other evidence of legal adoption:
In the event that the record of adoption is sealed by court order or by law,
NPERS will accept as proof of adoption an official notice received by the
adopting parents at the time of adoption that the adoption has been completed
or a birth certificate issued as a result of the adoption proceeding.
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