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.
W. Va. Code § 21A-6-14
Payment of benefits upon decease of claimant
Known as the Unemployment Compensation Law
The act spans §§ 21A-10-1 to 21A-9-9a (265 sections).
Official source: West Virginia Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain West Virginia statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.