Area Office May Assume Shared Interests Among Family Members, and Appellant Must Provide Evidence Rebutting this Assumption; SBA No. SIZ-5809, Size Appeal of CTSI-FM, LLC

Appeal challenging the Small Business Administration area office’s size determination is denied in part, where a family relationship alone is sufficient to create a presumption of shared interests, and the appellant is required to present evidence rebutting this assumption; and granted in part, where the area office erred in concluding that affiliation based on a shared familial identity of interest was sufficient to support a finding of affiliation based on common management of the subject companies, but the firms did not share common corporate directors, managers, or other officers.