{"data":{"id":"us-ky/krs-342.075","jurisdiction":"us-ky","citation":"KRS 342.075","heading":"Determination of dependency.","body":"(1) The following persons shall be presumed to be wholly dependent upon a deceased\nemployee:\n(a) A surviving spouse upon a decedent whom the surviving spouse had not\nvoluntarily abandoned at the time of the accident, or who having been\nabandoned by the deceden t has not engaged in such conduct since his\nabandonment as would at common law constitute grounds justifying the\nabandonment of such wife by her husband or such husband by his wife;\n(b) A child or children under the age of sixteen (16) years, or over sixte en (16)\nyears if incapacitated from wage earning, upon the parent with whom such\nchild or children are living, or by whom actually supported, or from whom\nsupport is legally required by judgment of a court, at the time of the accident.\n(2) In all other cases the relation of dependency in whole or in part shall be determined\nin accordance with the facts of each case existing at the time of the accident.\n(3) No person shall be considered a dependent in any degree unless he is living in the\nhousehold of the em ployee at the time of the accident, or unless such person bears\nto the employee the relation of father, mother, husband, or wife, father -in-law or\nmother-in-law, grandfather or grandmother, child or grandchild, or brother or sister\nof the whole or half blood and is actually dependent.","path":["KRS Chapter 342"],"source_url":"https://apps.legislature.ky.gov/law/statutes/statute.aspx?id=32389","current_through":"Includes enactments through the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"09/05/2026","retrieved_at":"2026-09-05T20:58:30Z","sha256":"e11a4ee94025452fe9f7287330549d652f630d083f64e8f81599a553698b87f1","source_id":"us-ky","stale":false,"prev":"us-ky/krs-342.070","next":"us-ky/krs-342.080"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}