75-02-01.2-06. Selection of primary individual.

1. Each household shall have a primary individual. The primary individual must be identified among the household members, with one of the following relationships to a dependent child member of the household, using the following order of priority: a. A natural or adoptive parent;

b. An adult relative, within the fifth degree of kinship; c. A stepparent; d. A spouse of any individual identified in subdivision a, b, or c, whether or not that marriage is terminated by death or divorce; and e. A minor brother, sister, half-brother, half-sister, stepbrother, or stepsister who is at least sixteen years of age.

2. The primary individual may be eligible or ineligible for the assistance.

History: Effective December 9, 1996; amended effective July 1, 1997; January 1, 2003; January 1, 2017; April 1, 2024.