The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
NOTE: The Vermont Statutes Online is an unofficial copy of the Vermont Statutes Annotated that is provided as a convenience.
(Cite as: 21 V.S.A. § 634)
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§ 634. Dependents; construction
The following persons, and they only, shall be deemed dependents and entitled to compensation
under the provisions of sections 632 and 633 of this title:
(1) A child, if under 18 years of age, or incapable of self-support and unmarried, whether
or not ever actually dependent upon the deceased; or a child while regularly enrolled
in an approved educational or vocational training institution, who was at the time
of the employee’s injury or death partially or wholly dependent on the employee, regardless
of age; or a child of any age who was mentally or physically disabled at the time
of the employee’s death and partially or wholly dependent upon him or her.
(2) A spouse.
(3) A parent or grandparent only if dependent, wholly or partially, upon the deceased.
(4) A grandchild, brother, or sister under 18 years of age, or incapable of self-support,
and wholly dependent upon the deceased employee, or who is regularly enrolled in an
approved educational or vocational training institution, and was at the time of the
employee’s death, partially or wholly dependent upon the employee, regardless of age;
or a grandchild, brother, or sister of any age who was mentally or physically disabled
at the time of the employee’s death and partially or wholly dependent upon him or
her. The relation of dependency must exist at the time of the injury. (Amended 1967, No. 122, § 3; 1977, No. 182 (Adj. Sess.), § 5, eff. May 3, 1978; 1981, No. 204 (Adj. Sess.), § 3.)