§21A-6-14. Payment of benefits upon decease of claimant.
Accrued benefits due and unpaid on claims filed prior to decease of a claimant may, in the discretion of the commissioner, be paid, without letters of administration, to the surviving spouse, children, or parents of the deceased, in the order of priority enumerated.

Note: WV Code updated with legislation passed through the 2012 1st Special Session