(40 ILCS 5/22-302) (from Ch. 108 1/2, par. 22-302)
Sec. 22-302.
Beneficiaries of allowance.
Any payment of death allowance made hereunder shall be made as follows:
(a) If there is a widow and minor child or children, then in equal parts
to the widow and minor child or children;
(b) If there is no widow but there is a minor child or children, then to
the minor child or children in equal parts;
(c) If there is no minor child or children but there is a widow, then
the entire allowance to the widow;
(d) If there is no widow or minor child, then to the next of kin
actually dependent on the deceased at the time of his death.
Provided, that in paying any allowance aforesaid any parent that is
actually dependent on the deceased at the time of his death shall be
entitled to share in such benefits on the same basis as the minor children
of the deceased; and a female unmarried child of full age or a male child
of full age that is physically or mentally disabled and wholly dependent on
the deceased for support at the time of his death, shall be entitled to the
use and benefit of such allowance in the same manner and to the same degree
as a minor child.
(Source: Laws 1963, p. 161.)
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