(a) Compensation to which any claimant would be entitled under Alaska Stat. § 23.30.190 shall, notwithstanding death arising from causes other than the injury, be payable to and for the benefit of the persons following:
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(1) if there be a widow or widower and no child of the deceased, to the widow or widower;(2) if there be a widow or widower and a surviving child of the deceased, one-half to the widow or widower, the other half to the surviving child;(3) if there be a surviving child of the deceased, but no widow or widower, then to the child.(b) An award for disability may be made after the death of the injured employee.
