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§ 9-683. Apportionment and payment of death benefits

West's Annotated Code of MarylandLabor and EmploymentEffective: October 1, 2011

West's Annotated Code of Maryland
Labor and Employment
Title 9. Workers' Compensation (Refs & Annos)
Subtitle 6. Benefits (Refs & Annos)
Part XII. Death Benefits (Refs & Annos)
Effective: October 1, 2011
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 9-683
§ 9-683. Apportionment and payment of death benefits
Currentness
Application of section
(a) This section applies only to a covered employee of a municipal corporation or a county who is subject to § 9-503 of this title and the dependents of those covered employees, unless the municipal corporation or county has made an election under § 9-683.6 of this subtitle.
Apportionment-In general
(b) If there are multiple dependents entitled to death benefits, the Commission may apportion an award of death benefits among the dependents in the manner that the Commission considers just and equitable.
Apportionment-wholly and partly dependents
(c) If there are wholly and partly dependent individuals entitled to death benefits, the Commission may:
(1) award the death benefits to the wholly dependent individuals only; or
(2) apportion the award among the wholly and partly dependent individuals in the manner that the Commission considers to be fair and equitable under all of the facts and circumstances of the case.
Payment of death benefits
(d)(1) Death benefits shall be paid to 1 or more of the dependents of a covered employee who are entitled to death benefits, as determined by the Commission, for the benefit of all of the dependents who are entitled to death benefits.
(2) A dependent to whom death benefits are paid shall apply the death benefits to the use of all of the dependents who are entitled to death benefits:
(i) according to the respective claims of the dependents on the deceased covered employee for support; and
(ii) in compliance with the findings and direction of the Commission.

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Added by Acts 1991, c. 8, § 2, eff. Oct. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 2011, c. 435, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011; Acts 2011, c. 436, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2011.
Formerly Art. 101, § 36.
MD Code, Labor and Employment, § 9-683, MD LABOR & EMPLY § 9-683
Current through legislation effective through June 1, 2024, from the 2024 Regular Session of the General Assembly. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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