What are ‘Presumptive Dependents’ in Connecticut?

Glossary Check

Sadly, when a worker dies from a workers' compensation-covered injury, she may leave behind dependents. Such dependents may be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. Under Connecticut law, as Simply Research subscribers know, the following definition applies to "presumptive dependents."

Presumptive Dependents

"Presumptive dependents” means the following persons who are conclusively presumed to be wholly dependent for support upon a deceased employee:

(1) A wife upon a husband with whom she lives at the time of his injury or from whom she receives support regularly.

(2) A husband upon a wife with whom he lives at the time of her injury or from whom he receives support regularly.

(3) Any child under the age of 18, or over the age of 18 but physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, upon the parent with whom he is living or from whom he is receiving support regularly, at the time of the injury of the parent.

(4) Any unmarried child who has attained the age of 18 but has not attained the age of 22 and who is a full-time student, upon the parent with whom he is living or from whom he is receiving support regularly, provided, any child who has attained the age of 22 while a full-time student but has not completed the requirements for, or received, a degree from a postsecondary educational institution shall be deemed not to have attained the age of twenty-two until the first day of the first month following the end of the quarter or semester in which he is enrolled at the time, or if he is not enrolled in a quarter or semester system, until the first day of the first month following the completion of the course in which he is enrolled or until the first day of the third month beginning after such time, whichever occurs first.

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