Indiana Code 22-3-7-13. Presumptive dependents; termination of dependency
(1) A wife upon a husband with whom she is living at the time of his death, or upon whom the laws of the state impose the obligation of her support at such time. The term “wife”, as used in this subdivision, shall exclude a common law wife unless such common law relationship was entered into before January 1, 1958, and, in addition, existed openly and notoriously for a period of not less than five (5) years immediately preceding the death.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 22-3-7-13
- Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
- Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
- employee: means every person, including a minor, in the service of another, under any contract of hire or apprenticeship written or implied, except one whose employment is both casual and not in the usual course of the trade, business, occupation, or profession of the employer. See Indiana Code 22-3-7-9
- Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
(3) An unmarried child under the age of twenty-one (21) years upon the parent with whom the child is living at the time of the death of such parent.
(4) An unmarried child under twenty-one (21) years upon the parent with whom the child may not be living at the time of the death of such parent, but upon whom at such time, the laws of the state impose the obligation to support such child.
(5) A child over the age of twenty-one (21) years who has never been married and who is either physically or mentally incapacitated from earning the child’s own support, upon a parent upon whom the laws of the state impose the obligation of the support of such unmarried child.
(6) A child over the age of twenty-one (21) years who has never been married and who at the time of the death of the parent is keeping house for and living with such parent and is not otherwise gainfully employed.
(b) As used in this section, the term “child” includes stepchildren, legally adopted children, posthumous children, and acknowledged children born out of wedlock. The term “parent” includes stepparents and parents by adoption.
(c) The dependency of a child under subsections (a)(3) and (a)(4) shall terminate when the child attains the age of twenty-one (21).
(d) The dependency of any person as a presumptive dependent shall terminate upon the marriage of such dependent subsequent to the death of the employee, and such dependency shall not be reinstated by divorce. However, for deaths from injuries occurring on and after July 1, 1977, a surviving spouse who is a presumptive dependent and who is the only surviving dependent of the deceased is entitled to receive, upon remarriage before the expiration of the maximum statutory compensation period, a lump sum settlement equal to the smaller of one hundred four (104) weeks of compensation or the compensation for the remainder of the maximum statutory period.
(e) The dependency of any child under subsection (a)(6) shall be terminated at such time as such dependent becomes gainfully employed or marries.
Formerly: Acts 1937, c.69, s.7b; Acts 1947, c.164, s.3; Acts 1963, c.388, s.9. As amended by Acts 1977, P.L.261, SEC.4; P.L.152-1987, SEC.7; P.L.134-1990, SEC.2.