The following reasons constitute deprivation by continued absence:
- Divorce
- Legal Separation
- Desertion
- Incarceration
- Deportation
- Hospitalization
- Birth out of wedlock
- A single parent adoption
The following reasons do not constitute deprivation by continued absence:
- The parent is voluntarily absent to visit friends or relatives, to seek employment, to maintain a job, to attend school or training, so long as the parent in the home and the absent parent do not regard themselves as separated.
- The parent is absent solely to serve active military duty.