If there are three persons wholly dependent for support on a deceased employee and additional partial dependents the partial dependents would receive:

If there are three persons wholly dependent for support on a deceased employee and additional partial dependents the partial dependents would receive:

• A. Nothing
• B. Four times the amount annually devoted to the support of the partial dependents, but not more than $25,000
• C. Four times the amount annually devoted to the support of the partial dependents.
• D. Four times the amount annually devoted to the support of the partial dependents, but not more than $70,000

Answer: (A)

In California SIP death benefits, who receives payment is determined by dependency status, with priority given to those who are wholly dependent. When there are three people wholly dependent for the support of the deceased employee, the entire death benefit is allocated to them first. Partial dependents do not receive any of the benefit in the presence of wholly dependent survivors. That’s why, in this scenario, the partial dependents would receive nothing. The other choices describe what could happen only if there were no wholly dependent beneficiaries; the existence of wholly dependent dependents takes precedence and leaves no share for partial dependents.

In California SIP death benefits, who receives payment is determined by dependency status, with priority given to those who are wholly dependent. When there are three people wholly dependent for the support of the deceased employee, the entire death benefit is allocated to them first. Partial dependents do not receive any of the benefit in the presence of wholly dependent survivors. That’s why, in this scenario, the partial dependents would receive nothing. The other choices describe what could happen only if there were no wholly dependent beneficiaries; the existence of wholly dependent dependents takes precedence and leaves no share for partial dependents.