32 C.F.R. § 724.115 Next of kin.
Title 32 - National Defense
The person or persons in the highest category of priority as determined by the following list (categories appear in descending order of priority): Surviving legal spouse; children (whether by current or prior marriage) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; father or mother, unless by court order custody has been vested in another (adoptive parent takes precedence over natural parent); siblings (whole or half) age 18 years or older in descending precedence by age; grandfather or grandmother; any other relative (precedence to be determined in accordance with the civil law of descent of the deceased former member's state of domicile at time of death).
Title 32: National Defense
PART 724—NAVAL DISCHARGE REVIEW BOARD
Subpart A—Definitions
§ 724.115 Next of kin.
