anon123456
Junior Member
State: Maryland
A 34-year-old man passed away last week as the result of a work-related accident. He lived in Maryland with his 34-year-old girlfriend and their four-year-old daughter. The deceased gentleman and his girlfriend are undocumented (i.e. not legal residents of the U.S.) and the daughter is a U.S. citizen by birth. Furthermore, the deceased and his girlfriend lived together for four years in Maryland and had a relationship for a total of five years.
The deceased man was adopted as a young child in his home country and his adoptive parents still reside there. His biological parents also live outside the U.S., but in a country other than where his adoptive parents live.
In this situation and for the purpose of distributing insurance payments, earned income (income that he earned, but was not paid because he passed-away before the associated paycheck/s was/were distributed), and assets, who should be considered next-of-kin? Note that, at this time, there is no in-fighting within the family/extended family as to who should receive the benefits.
A 34-year-old man passed away last week as the result of a work-related accident. He lived in Maryland with his 34-year-old girlfriend and their four-year-old daughter. The deceased gentleman and his girlfriend are undocumented (i.e. not legal residents of the U.S.) and the daughter is a U.S. citizen by birth. Furthermore, the deceased and his girlfriend lived together for four years in Maryland and had a relationship for a total of five years.
The deceased man was adopted as a young child in his home country and his adoptive parents still reside there. His biological parents also live outside the U.S., but in a country other than where his adoptive parents live.
In this situation and for the purpose of distributing insurance payments, earned income (income that he earned, but was not paid because he passed-away before the associated paycheck/s was/were distributed), and assets, who should be considered next-of-kin? Note that, at this time, there is no in-fighting within the family/extended family as to who should receive the benefits.