§40-165.3a. Payment of wages to surviving spouse and children.

40 OK Stat § 40-165.3a (2019) (N/A)
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Other than an employee provided with an option of beneficiary designation with respect to his wages and benefits by his employer, all wages earned by an employee, not exceeding Three Thousand Dollars ($3,000.00), shall, upon the employee's death, become due and payable to the employee's surviving spouse, or if there is no surviving spouse, the dependent children, or their guardians or the conservators of their estates, in equal shares, without the necessity of a probate court action.

Added by Laws 1993, c. 263, § 1, emerg. eff. May 27, 1993. Amended by Laws 1994, c. 114, § 1, emerg. eff. April 24, 1994.