Alabama § 25-5-83 Commutation of Compensation to Lump Sum Payments

Alabama Statutes

§ 25-5-83 — Commutation of Compensation to Lump Sum Payments

Alabama·Title 25 Industrial Relations and Labor·Ch. 5 Workers’ Compensation·Art. 3 Elective Compensation Under Contract of Employment

By agreement of the parties and with approval of the court, the amounts of compensation payable periodically, under this article and Article 4 of this chapter, may be commuted to one or more lump sum payments. No commutation shall be approved by the court unless the court is satisfied that it is in the best interest of the employee or the employee’s dependent, in case of death, to receive the compensation in a lump sum rather than in periodic payments. In making the commutations, the lump sum payment shall, in the aggregate, amount to a sum equal to the present value of all future installments of compensation calculated on a six percent basis.

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By agreement of the parties and with approval of the court, the amounts of compensation payable periodically, under this article and Article 4 of this chapter, may be commuted to one or more lump sum payments. No commutation shall be approved by the court unless the court is satisfied that it is in the best interest of the employee or the employee’s dependent, in case of death, to receive the compensation in a lump sum rather than in periodic payments. In making the commutations, the lump sum payment shall, in the aggregate, amount to a sum equal to the present value of all future installments of compensation calculated on a six percent basis.

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Legislative History

(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7573; Acts 1939, No. 661, p. 1036, §6; Code 1940, T. 26, §299; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1957, No. 336, p. 437; Acts 1969, No. 233, p. 557, §4; Acts 1975, 4th Ex. Sess., No. 86, p. 2729, §9; Acts 1992, No. 92-537, p. 1082, §27.)