Colorado § 8-43-405 Payment as discharge of liability - conflicting claims

Colorado Statutes

§ 8-43-405 — Payment as discharge of liability - conflicting claims

Colorado·Title 08 Labor and·Art. Procedure

Payment
of death benefits to one or more dependents shall protect and discharge to that
extent all compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title unless and until any
other person claiming to be a dependent has given the division notice of said
person's claim and until the division has notified the employer or the employer's
insurance carrier of such claim. In such case, the director or an administrative law
judge shall determine the respective rights of said rival claimants, and thereafter
such death benefits shall be paid to such dependents as the director or the
administrative law judge may find so entitled under the provisions of said articles.

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Payment
of death benefits to one or more dependents shall protect and discharge to that
extent all compensation under articles 40 to 47 of this title unless and until any
other person claiming to be a dependent has given the division notice of said
person's claim and until the division has notified the employer or the employer's
insurance carrier of such claim. In such case, the director or an administrative law
judge shall determine the respective rights of said rival claimants, and thereafter
such death benefits shall be paid to such dependents as the director or the
administrative law judge may find so entitled under the provisions of said articles.

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