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urn: urn:us-la:rs:23:1232
citation: "R.S. 23:1232"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 23 › Chapter 10 › Part II › Subpart C"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2008, number: 703, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
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# Allocation to dependents; schedule of payments

Payment to dependents shall be computed and divided equally among them on the following basis:

(1) If the widow or widower alone, thirty-two and one-half per centum of wages.

(2) If the widow or widower and one child, forty-six and one-quarter per centum of wages.

(3) If the widow or widower and two or more children, sixty-five per centum of wages.

(4) If one child alone, thirty-two and one-half per centum of wages of deceased.

(5) If two children, forty-six and one-quarter per centum of wages.

(6) If three or more children, sixty-five per centum of wages.

(7) If there are neither widow, widower, nor child, then to the father or mother, thirty-two and one-half per centum of wages of the deceased. If there are both father and mother, sixty-five per centum of wages.

(8) If there are neither widow, widower, nor child, nor dependent parent entitled to compensation, then to one brother or sister, thirty-two and one-half per centum of wages with eleven per centum additional for each brother or sister in excess of one. If other dependents than those enumerated, thirty-two and one-half per centum of wages for one, and eleven per centum additional for each such dependent in excess of one, subject to a maximum of sixty-five per centum of wages for all, regardless of the number of dependents.