North Dakota Century Code Title 65. Workforce Safety and Insurance § 65-05-19. Providing nondependency payments in certain cases

If the death of an employee with no surviving spouse or dependent children results from an injury within the time specified in section 65-05-16, the organization shall pay a lump sum equal to five percent of the maximum total death benefits specified in subsection 1 of section 65-05-17 to the surviving nondependent child, or in equal shares to the surviving nondependent children. In the event that no nondependent child is living, the sum provided under this section must be paid in equal shares to the surviving parents of the deceased, and if there are none, then to the deceased employee's living brothers and sisters. If there are no living brothers or sisters, the sum under this section must be paid in equal shares to the surviving grandparents, if any, of the deceased employee.