2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 23 — Labor and worker's compensation
RS 23:1233 — Death or marriage of dependent; age limit of minor dependent
§1233. Death or marriage of dependent; age limit of minor dependent
Weekly payments to a surviving spouse shall continue until the death or remarriage of such surviving spouse. In the case of remarriage of a surviving spouse, two years compensation payments shall be payable in one lump sum.
Weekly payments to a surviving child, physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, shall continue as long as such incapacity exists.
Weekly payments to a minor dependent child, who is not mentally or physically incapable of wage earning, shall terminate when he dies, marries, reaches the age of eighteen years, or, if enrolled and attending as a full-time student in any accredited educational institution, until he ceases to be so enrolled and attending or reaches the age of twenty-three years.
Weekly payments for all other dependents as determined in Subpart D of the Chapter shall continue as long as their dependency shall exist or shall terminate upon their deaths.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 583, §11, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
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