---
kind: "section"
citation: "20 C.F.R. § 234.12"
title: "20"
number: "234.12"
heading: "1937 Act lump-sum death payment."
url: "https://uscodex.org/cfr/20/234.12"
---

# §234.12. 1937 Act lump-sum death payment.

- (a) **The 1937 Act LSDP is payable in the following order and amounts—**
  - (1) **The employee's “living with” widow(er) is paid the total amount of the LSDP.** (Refer to [§ 234.21](/cfr/20/234.21.md) for an explanation of “living with.”)
  - (2) A funeral home, which has unpaid expenses, is paid the amount of the unpaid expenses or the total amount of the LSDP, whichever is less.
  - (3) An equitably entitled person is paid the total amount of the LSDP or a proportionate share of the LSDP, depending upon the amount of burial expenses he or she paid.
- (b) **The 1937 Act LSDP is equal to ten times the basic amount.** (Refer to [§ 234.20](/cfr/20/234.20.md) for an explanation of the computation of the employee's basic amount.)

## Notes

### Authority

Authority: 45 U.S.C. 231f.

### Source

Source: 51 FR 3036, Jan. 23, 1986, unless otherwise noted.