🔍 Key Concepts

• 46 CFR provisions on wage allotments for seamen • Who is considered an immediate family member for allotment purposes • Special treatment of minor children in seamen’s allotments

💭 Think About

• Look at each option and ask: is this person normally treated as part of a mariner’s immediate family for legal/benefit purposes? • Which of these relations does the law very clearly try to protect or provide for when a seaman is at sea? • Is there any category here that is usually not listed in official definitions of dependents or immediate family?

✅ Before You Answer

• Review who is explicitly listed in 46 CFR as eligible family members for allotments (spouse, children, parents, etc.) • Check whether in-laws are treated the same as blood relatives in typical maritime wage allotment rules • Confirm how minor children are treated in terms of financial support obligations