                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

PAYMENT TO JUNIOR DEPENDENTS IN GOOD FAITH (§ 65.2-526)

Payment of death benefits by an employer in good faith to a dependent subsequent
in right to another or other dependents shall protect and discharge the employer
unless and until such dependent or dependents prior in right shall have given
him notice of his or their claim. In case the employer is in doubt as to the
respective rights of rival claimants, he may apply to the Commission to decide
between them.

HISTORY: Code 1950, § 65-74; 1968, c. 660, § 65.1-77; 1991, c. 355.