§25-5-63. Total dependents - Maximum compensation.  


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  • Total dependents shall be entitled to take compensation in the order named in Section 25-5-62 until the percentage of the average weekly earnings of the deceased, during the time and as specified in Section 25-5-60, shall have been exhausted; but the total compensation to be paid to all total dependents of a deceased employee shall not exceed in the aggregate the maximum weekly compensation stated in Section 25-5-68, except as otherwise provided in this article.

(Acts 1919, No. 245, p. 206; Code 1923, §7560; Acts 1935, No. 387, p. 831; Acts 1936, Ex. Sess., No. 29, p. 9; Code 1940, T. 26, §287; Acts 1949, No. 36, p. 47; Acts 1951, No. 563, p. 978; Acts 1955, No. 350, p. 849; Acts 1957, No. 339, p. 449.)