Lump Sum Benefits

Lump Sum Benefits. (a) When a worker dies before becoming entitled to benefits under this division or dies after becoming entitled to benefits but the benefit payments the worker and his or her dependent have received under this division were less than four percent of the worker’s cumulative covered wages and self-employment income under this division, the survivors, heirs, or the estate or such individual shall be paid a lump sum benefit after all rights to survivors’ benefits have terminated in an amount equal to four percent of the decedent’s cumulative covered wages and self-employment income reduced by the amount of any benefits paid to the worker and his or her eligible dependents under this division based on those wages and self-employment income. (b) In the absence of a will, survivors shall be paid in the following order: (1) Spouse, children in equal shares, or guardians, if such children are minors; or (2) Parents in equal shares; or (3) Duly appointed legal representatives of the deceased or, if none, to a person or persons determined to be entitled thereto under the laws and customs of the last domicile of the deceased person. Source: DL 5-12, § 1; amended by PL 2-6, § 7.