Children and minors; direct payments
Sec. 28. (a) When the aggregate payments of compensation,
awarded by agreement or upon hearing to an employee or dependent
under eighteen (18) years of age, do not exceed one hundred dollars
($100), the payment thereof may be made directly to such employee
or dependent, except when the worker's compensation board shall
order otherwise.
(b) Whenever the aggregate payments of compensation, due to
any person under eighteen (18) years of age, exceed one hundred
dollars ($100), the payment thereof shall be made to a trustee,
appointed by the circuit or superior court, or to a duly qualified
guardian, or to a parent upon the order of the worker's compensation
board. The payment of compensation, due to any person eighteen
(18) years of age or over, may be made directly to such person.
(Formerly: Acts 1929, c.172, s.46.) As amended by P.L.28-1988,
SEC.34.
Last modified: May 27, 2006