New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 12 - LABOR AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
Chapter 17 - UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT PAYMENTS
Subchapter 7 - DEPENDENCY BENEFITS
Section 12:17-7.3 - Claiming dependents
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024
(a) An individual shall declare in writing on an application form or as otherwise prescribed by the Division, dependents claimed within six weeks of the date of claim. The individual shall provide proof of those dependents claimed in a form and manner prescribed by the Division in accordance with 12:17-7.4.
(b) If both unemployed spouses or civil union partners establish initial or transitional claims with benefit years or benefit rights, which are concurrent in any part, only one of those claimants may receive dependency allowance benefits.
(c) If an individual is ineligible to receive dependency benefits because he or she is entitled to the maximum weekly benefit rate, the individual's spouse or civil union partner may declare the same dependent(s) on a claim for benefits.
(d) The death of a claimant during the benefit year of a claim, which includes a dependency allowance shall constitute termination for the assignment of eligible dependent(s) to that claim as of the date of the claimant's death. An unemployed spouse or civil union partner of the deceased claimant may claim a dependency allowance for eligible dependent(s) provided the individual complies with the provisions of this subchapter.
