Library: Policy

OKDHS:10-1-21. Relationship of payee to child

Issued 4-1-98

     To be eligible to receive Aid to Families with Dependent Children, in addition to other qualifications, a child must be living with a person having a specified degree of relationship in a place of residence maintained by one or more of such relatives as his or her own home. An otherwise eligible person may not be denied assistance solely because the home is not a fixed address or does not have a mailing address. An individual is recognized as meeting the specified degree of relationship if the individual is related within the fifth degree of kinship. It is only when the child is living with a person of one of these degrees of relationship that there is an eligible payee for the AFDC payment. A child may be said to meet the requirement of living with a relative of the specified degree of relationship if his or her home is with a person included in any of the following groups:

• (1) Related by blood. Blood lines remain intact and are not changed by decisions of legal responsibility. Blood relatives, including half blood, are as follows:
  • (A) Parent(s) including a natural parent even if the child is legally adopted and deprivation is based on the absence of the adoptive parent(s);
  • (B) Siblings;
  • (C) Grandparent(s) including those denoted by prefixes of great, great great, and great great great;
  • (D) Aunt(s) and uncle(s) including those denoted by the prefixes of great and great great;
  • (E) Niece(s) and nephew(s) including those denoted by prefixes of grand and great grand; and
  • (F) First cousin(s) and first cousin(s) once removed.
• (2) Related by marriage. Use kinship as denoted under (1) of this Section, whether the marriage is common-law or ceremonial. Included are step-relations. Kinship by marriage is included even after the marriage is terminated by death or divorce.
• (3) Related by adoption. Use kinship as denoted under (1) and (2) of this subsection.