Iowa Admin. Code r. 871-25.14

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, December 11, 2024

Rule 871-25.14 - [Effective until 12/18/2024] Payments of benefits due deceased person

(1) Benefits due deceased claimants. An eligible week for a deceased claimant will be one where the week is claimed by the individual prior to death. If benefits are due a deceased person, the benefits shall be paid to the person or persons who have been issued letters testamentary or of administration pursuant to an application filed within 30 days after the claimant's death.

(2) In the event that no application for letters testamentary or of administration has been filed within 30 days after the claimant's death, the benefits which were due shall be paid to the decedent's surviving spouse, if any; or, if no spouse survives the decedent and the decedent is survived by an unmarried minor child or children, the benefits shall, at the discretion of the department, be paid:

a. To the guardian or guardians of immarried minor child or children for their benefit; or

b. To the person or institution who or which the department finds shall have assumed the obligation of providing support for or maintenance of such minor child or children; or

c. To any person who the department finds has furnished to such child or children necessaries of a value equaling or exceeding the amount of benefits; or

d. To any person who the department finds has paid expenses of the claimant's last illness or burial expenses in an amount equaling or exceeding the amount of benefits.

(3) The comptroller shall cause any unredeemed warrant or warrants payable to a deceased person to be surrendered and voided and shall issue a new warrant or warrants bearing the same dates and numbers and made payable to the entitled person or persons under the provisions of this rule. The issuance of the new warrant or warrants shall fully discharge the department of its obligation in respect to the claims covered thereby and no other person shall claim or assert any right to them.

(4) Any person claiming entitlement to the payment of benefits under this regulation shall present said claim in writing within 60 days after the death of the claimant and shall offer proof thereof in such form as the department may require; however, the department may, upon good cause shown, extend the time for presentation of said claim. In the event no claim is made for the payment of such benefits within the time limit specified above or any extension thereof, the benefits shall not be paid but shall remain in the unemployment compensation fund.

This rule is intended to implement 1986 Iowa Acts, chapter 1245, sections 901 through 942.

Iowa Admin. Code r. 871-25.14