Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2333 – Compensation of nonresident alien dependents; representation by …
(a) Compensation under this chapter to alien dependent surviving spouses and children not residents of the United States shall be 1/2 of the amount provided in each case for residents, and the employer may at any time commute all future installments of compensation payable to alien dependents not residents of the United States by paying to such alien dependents the then value thereof, calculated in accordance with § 2358 of this title. Alien parents, siblings not residents of the United States shall not be entitled to any compensation.
Terms Used In Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2333
- Employer: includes all those who employ others unless they are excluded from the application of this chapter by any provision of this subchapter, and if the employer is insured, the term shall include the insurer as far as practicable; employer shall also include the governing body for which employable relief recipients are assigned work under §§ 901-905 of Title 31. See Delaware Code Title 19 Sec. 2301
- United States: includes its territories and possessions and the District of Columbia. See Delaware Code Title 1 Sec. 302
(b) Nonresident alien dependents may be officially represented by the consular officers of the nation of which such alien or aliens may be citizens or subjects and in such cases the consular officers may receive for distribution to such nonresident alien dependents all compensation awarded hereunder and the receipt of such consular officers shall be a full discharge of all sums paid to and received by them.
Code 1915, § ?3193s; 29 Del. Laws, c. 233; 30 Del. Laws, c. 203, § ?6; Code 1935, § ?6089; 19 Del. C. 1953, § ?2333; 70 Del. Laws, c. 172, § ?8; 70 Del. Laws, c. 186, § ?1;