If there is more than one person wholly dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them and the persons partly dependent, if any, shall receive no part thereof. If there is no one wholly dependent and more than one person partially dependent, the death benefit shall be divided among them according to the relative extent of their dependency. HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 72-163; 1952 Code Section 72-163; 1942 Code Section 7035-42; 1936 (39) 1231.
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