Chapter CG65574

Published date12 March 2016
Record NumberCG65574

The legislation does not define who may be regarded as a relative. You should include the following

  • a blood relation
  • a person who, while under the age of 16 years was an `adopted child’ of the claimant
  • the husband or wife (or widow or widower) of a blood relation. For example, a stepfather (or mother), a son (or daughter)-in-law, an aunt’s husband, an uncle’s wife
  • a stepbrother (or sister) and a stepson (or daughter) - whether a blood relation or not
  • a foster parent and a foster brother (or sister) where the foster parent had custody of and maintained the foster child at his or her own expense when the child was under the age of 16
  • Note that this rule continues to refer to only “husband and...

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