Section 4703.5 Of Article 4. Death Benefits From California Labor Code >> Division 4. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 4.
4703.5
. (a) In the case of one or more totally dependent children,
as defined in Section 3501, after payment of the amount specified in
Section 4702, and notwithstanding the maximum limitations specified
in Sections 4702 and 4703, payment of death benefits shall continue
until the youngest child attains 18 years of age, or until the death
of a child physically or mentally incapacitated from earning, in the
same manner and amount as temporary total disability indemnity would
have been paid to the employee, except that no payment shall be made
at a weekly rate of less than two hundred twenty-four dollars ($224).
(b) (1) Notwithstanding the age limitation in subdivision (a), the
payment of death benefits shall continue until the youngest child
attains 19 years of age if the child is still attending high school
and is receiving the death benefits as a child of an active member of
a sheriff's office, an active member of a police or fire department
of a city, county, city and county, district, or other public or
municipal corporation or political subdivision, an individual
described in Chapter 4.5 (commencing with Section 830) of Title 3 of
Part 2 of the Penal Code who is primarily engaged in active law
enforcement activities, active firefighting member of the Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection, or an active member of any county
forestry or firefighting department or unit killed in the performance
of duty.
(2) Paragraph (1) shall not apply with respect to a child of a
person whose principal duties are clerical or otherwise do not
clearly fall within the scope of active law enforcement or active
firefighting services, such as stenographers, telephone operators,
and other office workers.