North Dakota Code 65-05-19 – Providing nondependency payments in certain cases
If the death of an employee with no surviving spouse or dependent children results from an injury within the time specified in section 65-05-16, the organization shall pay a lump sum equal to five percent of the maximum total death benefits specified in subsection 1 of section 65-05-17 to the surviving nondependent child, or in equal shares to the surviving nondependent children. In the event that no nondependent child is living, the sum provided under this section must be paid in equal shares to the surviving parents of the deceased, and if there are none, then to the deceased employee’s living brothers and sisters. If there are no living brothers or sisters, the sum under this section must be paid in equal shares to the surviving grandparents, if any, of the deceased employee.
Terms Used In North Dakota Code 65-05-19
- children: includes children by birth and by adoption. See North Dakota Code 1-01-18
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49