32 C.F.R. § 724.115
Next of kin
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).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case (1 in the last 5 years), 2025–2025 · leading case: Hopkins v. Springfield Reg'l Med. Ctr. (S.D. Ohio 2025).
Hopkins v. Springfield Reg'l Med. Ctr. (S.D. Ohio 2025). “Also, because she was on a ventilator and unable to make decisions, I, as the immediate next of kin, had every right to make decisions about her care, [and] the defendant violated [32 CFR 724.115 and 38 CFR 17.32] when they went against my decisions as such.”
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