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        85.43  PAYMENT TO SPOUSE.
         If the deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse qualified under
      the provisions of section 85.42, the full compensation shall be paid
      to the surviving spouse, as provided in section 85.31; provided that
      where a deceased employee leave a surviving spouse and a dependent
      child or children the workers' compensation commissioner may make an
      order of record for an equitable apportionment of the compensation
      payments.
         If the spouse dies, the benefits shall be paid to the person or
      persons wholly dependent on deceased, if any, share and share alike.
      If there are none wholly dependent, then such benefits shall be paid
      to partial dependents, if any, in proportion to their dependency for
      the periods provided in section 85.31.
         If the deceased leaves dependent child or children who was or were
      such at the time of the injury, and the surviving spouse remarries,
      then and in such case, the payments shall be paid to the proper
      compensation trustee for the use and benefit of such dependent child
      or children for the period provided in section 85.31.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1403; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.43] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1061, §11

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-85 > 85-43

        85.43  PAYMENT TO SPOUSE.
         If the deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse qualified under
      the provisions of section 85.42, the full compensation shall be paid
      to the surviving spouse, as provided in section 85.31; provided that
      where a deceased employee leave a surviving spouse and a dependent
      child or children the workers' compensation commissioner may make an
      order of record for an equitable apportionment of the compensation
      payments.
         If the spouse dies, the benefits shall be paid to the person or
      persons wholly dependent on deceased, if any, share and share alike.
      If there are none wholly dependent, then such benefits shall be paid
      to partial dependents, if any, in proportion to their dependency for
      the periods provided in section 85.31.
         If the deceased leaves dependent child or children who was or were
      such at the time of the injury, and the surviving spouse remarries,
      then and in such case, the payments shall be paid to the proper
      compensation trustee for the use and benefit of such dependent child
      or children for the period provided in section 85.31.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1403; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.43] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1061, §11

State Codes and Statutes

State Codes and Statutes

Statutes > Iowa > Title-3 > Subtitle-2 > Chapter-85 > 85-43

        85.43  PAYMENT TO SPOUSE.
         If the deceased employee leaves a surviving spouse qualified under
      the provisions of section 85.42, the full compensation shall be paid
      to the surviving spouse, as provided in section 85.31; provided that
      where a deceased employee leave a surviving spouse and a dependent
      child or children the workers' compensation commissioner may make an
      order of record for an equitable apportionment of the compensation
      payments.
         If the spouse dies, the benefits shall be paid to the person or
      persons wholly dependent on deceased, if any, share and share alike.
      If there are none wholly dependent, then such benefits shall be paid
      to partial dependents, if any, in proportion to their dependency for
      the periods provided in section 85.31.
         If the deceased leaves dependent child or children who was or were
      such at the time of the injury, and the surviving spouse remarries,
      then and in such case, the payments shall be paid to the proper
      compensation trustee for the use and benefit of such dependent child
      or children for the period provided in section 85.31.  
         Section History: Early Form
         [S13, § 2477-m16; C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 1403; C46, 50, 54,
      58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 85.43] 
         Section History: Recent Form
         98 Acts, ch 1061, §11