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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77728</law_id><section_number>65.2-516</section_number><catch_line>Other cases of dependency</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="65.2">Workers' Compensation</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="5">Compensation and Payment Thereof</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>In all other cases questions of dependency in whole or in part shall be determined in accordance with the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> as the <span class="dictionary">facts</span> are at the time of the accident; but no allowance shall be made for any payment made in lieu of board and lodging or services and no compensation shall be allowed unless the dependency existed for a period of three months or more prior to the accident.</p></section></text><history>Code 1950, &#xA7; 65-64; 1968, c. 660, &#xA7; 65.1-67; 1991, c. 355.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
