Section 25-5-69 Compensation to cease upon death or marriage of dependent; proportional benefits for dependents. - Alabama Statutes

Section 25-5-69

Compensation to cease upon death or marriage of dependent; proportional benefits for dependents.

If compensation is being paid under this article to any dependent, such compensation shall cease upon the death or marriage of such dependent. Where compensation is being paid under this chapter to any dependent, in no event shall such dependent receive more than the proportion which the amount received of the deceased employee's income during his life bears to the compensation provided under this article.

(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7564; Code 1940, T. 26, §290.)