A surviving spouse or the children share $25,000
What the document says“a surviving spouse may, upon submission of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased individual, receive compensation in the amount of $25,000; or”
The section lets a surviving spouse, on filing a claim with records meeting the section's requirements for the dead individual, receive $25,000, and where there is no surviving spouse lets the surviving children, minor or otherwise, receive $25,000 in total, paid in equal shares.
What the document actually says“a surviving spouse may, upon submission of a claim and records sufficient to satisfy the requirements of subsection (a) with respect to the deceased individual, receive compensation in the amount of $25,000; or”
A surviving husband or wife may get $25,000. They must file a claim with records. Those records must meet the same tests.
Where there is no spouse the children may claim. They share $25,000 between them. Each gets an equal share.
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