§ 25-5-84 — Modification of Payments

Alabama § 25-5-84

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

Text

All amounts paid by the employer and received by the employee or his dependents under settlements made under Section 25-5-56 shall be final, but the amount of any award payable periodically for more than six months may be modified at any time by agreement of the parties and approved by the court.

Legislative History

(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7574; Code 1940, T. 26, §300; Acts 1967, No. 168, p. 509, §5.)