### Question
What does parent mean?


### Answer
**Parent** has the following meaning in *38 U.S.C. § 2402*:

> a biological father or a biological mother or, in the case of adoption, a father through adoption or a mother through adoption

#### Citation:
  - *38 U.S.C. § 2402*
  - Heading: **PART II-GENERAL BENEFITS > CHAPTER 24-NATIONAL CEMETERIES AND MEMORIALS**

