106 STAT. 3200 PUBLIC LAW 102-496—OCT. 24, 1992 "(B) has not been modified by court order; and "(C) has been authenticated by the Director.
- (7) COURT ORDER.— The term 'court order* means—
"(A) a court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation; or "(B) a court order or court-approved property settlement agreement incident to such court decree of divorce, annulment, or legal separation. "(8) COURT.—The term 'court* means a court of a State, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, the Northern Mariana Islands, or the Virgin Islands, and any Indian court. "(b) DEFINITION OF CHILD.— For purposes of sections 221 and 232: "(1) IN GENERAL.—The term 'child* means any of the following: "(A) MINOR CHILDREN. —An unmarried dependent child under 18 years of age, including— "(i) an adopted child; "(ii) a stepchild, but only if the stepchild lived with the participant or retired participant in a regular parent-child relationship; "(iii) a recognized natural child; and "(iv) a child who lived with the participant, for whom a petition of adoption was filed by the participant or retired participant, and who is adopted by the surviving spouse sifter the death of the participant or retired participant. "(B) DISABLED ADULT CHILDREN.— An unmarried dependent child, regardless of age, who is incapable of self-support because of a physical or mental (Usability incurred before age 18. "(C) STUDENTS. —An immarried dependent child between 18 and 22 years of age who is a student regularly pursuing a full-time course of study or training in residence in a high school, trade school, technical or vocational institute, junior college, college, university, or comparable recognized educational institution. "(2) SPECIAL RULES FOR STUDENTS. — "(A) EXTENSION OF AGE TERMINATION OF STATUS AS 'CHILD*. — For purposes of this subsection, a child whose 22nd birthday occurs before July 1 or after August 31 of a calendsir year, and while regularly pursuing such a course of study or training, shall be treated as having attained the age of 22 on the first day of July following that birthday. "(B) TREATMENT OF INTERIM PERIOD BETWEEN SCHOOL YEARS. —^A child who is a student is deemed not to have ceased to be a student diiring an interim between school years if the interim does not exceed 5 months and if the child shows to the satisfaction of the Director that the child has a bona fide intention of continuing to pursue a course of study or training in the same or different school during the school semester (or other period into which the school year is divided) immediately following the interim.
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