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DD Form 2790 — DD Form 2790, Custodianship Certificate to Support Claim on Behalf of Minor Children of Deceased Members of the Armed Forces, 20150302 draft

Custodianship Certificate to Support Claim on Behalf of Minor Children of Deceased Members of the Armed Forces

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Department of Defense form 2790. Official designation: DD Form 2790, Custodianship Certificate to Support Claim on Behalf of Minor Children of Deceased Members of the Armed Forces, 20150302 draft. Purpose: Custodianship Certificate to Support Claim on Behalf of Minor Children of Deceased Members of the Armed Forces. Current edition not stated, status not stated.

Issued under not stated, with not stated as proponent. A DD number marks a Department-wide instrument: the same blank form serves every military department and the defense agencies, rather than one service alone.

The form reaches military personnel across the services, civilian employees of the Department, and the personnel and records specialists who receive it.

Timing of submission is fixed by not stated and by the implementing guidance of the submitting organization. What follows describes the blank document, not agency procedure.

Available formats: PDF. The form runs 2 pages and contains approximately 37 fillable fields.

The xfdl release corresponds to IBM Lotus Forms. This format carried Department-wide form distribution for years and opens only in IBM Lotus Forms Viewer or a compatible client, not in a pdf reader.

Every listed format is free to download. Modern pdf software handles the pdf files, with the caveat that browser-embedded viewers sometimes ignore field properties that a desktop reader honours.

What the form asks for

  • 1. Member's name: Last, First, Middle.
  • 2. Member's social security number. Do not include dashes.
  • 3. Child or children in custody. a. Full name: last, first, middle, line 1of 6.
  • 3.b. Child's social security number, line 1.
  • 3.c. Date of birth (4 digit year, 2 digit month, 2 digit day, no separators), line 1.
  • 3.d. Relationship to member, line 1.
  • 3.a. Child's name, line 2.
  • 3.b. Social security number, line 2.
  • 3.c. Date of birth, line 2.
  • 3.d. Relationship to member, line 2.
  • 3.a. Child's name, line 3.
  • 3.b. Social security number, line 3.
  • 3.c. Date of birth, line 3.
  • 3.a. Child's name, line 4.
  • 3.b. Social security number, line 4.
  • 3.c. Date of birth, line 4.
  • 3.d. Relationship to member, line 3.
  • 3.a. Child's name, line 5.
  • 3.b. Social security number, line 5.
  • 3.c. Date of birth, line 5.
  • 3.d. Relationship to member, line 5.
  • 3.a. Child's name, line 6.
  • 3.b. Social Security number, line 6.
  • 3.c. Date of birth, line 6.

The document is filled from the top down. Identification precedes substance, substance precedes certification. Fields lower on the page are commonly keyed to entries made above them.

Edition in use: not stated. Because DD forms are revised at Department level and distributed to all services at once, an obsolete printing may not match the fields an office expects. The date is printed on the form face.

Instructions printed on the form or in not stated govern individual field entries. Where the two differ, the governing publication controls.

After completion, the copy goes to the office designated by not stated or by local procedure. Retention of a personal copy is ordinary practice and costs nothing.

Related documents are located by series and number. DD forms sit in a single Department-wide sequence, so a form referenced inside DD Form 2790 is normally found by its number alone, without regard to service.

A DD number and a DA number may appear in the same instruction without being related. DA forms belong to the Army alone; DD forms belong to the Department and are administered at Department level. The sequences are independent.

Editions change because the underlying directive changes, because collection requirements are revised, or because Privacy Act language is updated. Checking the edition date at the point of download is the practical response.

The material here is descriptive. Nothing on the page constitutes legal or procedural advice, and no statement here determines whether a submitted form will be accepted. Such questions go to not stated, a servicing administrative office, or the authority identified in not stated.

Questions and answers

What is DD Form 2790?
DD Form 2790, Custodianship Certificate to Support Claim on Behalf of Minor Children of Deceased Members of the Armed Forces, 20150302 draft
Which edition is current?
Not stated by the publisher
Who is responsible for this form?
Not stated
In which formats can it be downloaded?
PDF

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