Definitions Relating to Family Relationships.
Article 166
ART. 166. Definitions Relating to Family Relationships. — As used in this Title: "Actually Dependent" means dependent in fact upon the employee for his substantial support and whose dependency is not attributable to his fault or neglect in not securing suitable employment. When used as a noun, the word "dependent" means any person entitled to death benefits; "Brother" or "sister" means an unmarried brother or sister under 18 years of age or over but physically or mentally incapable of self-support, and actually dependent in fact upon the employee for support. The terms "brothers" and "sisters" include stepbrothers and stepsisters, half brothers and half sisters, and brothers and sisters by adoption; "Child" means an unmarried child under 18 years of age, or an unmarried child between the ages of 18 and 21, but who is continuing his studies, or an unmarried child who is physically or mentally incapable of self-support. The term "child" includes a posthumous child, a child legally adopted, an actually dependent stepchild or an actually dependent acknowledged illegitimate child; "Grandchild" means an unmarried offspring of the employee's child who is under 18 years of age or over 18 years of age but physically or mentally incapable of self-support, and actually dependent upon the employee for support. "Grandchild" includes the child of an adopted child but not the child of a stepchild, the stepchild of a child, the stepchild of a stepchild, and the stepchild of an adopted stepchild; "Grandparent" means a parent of a parent, even by adoption, who is actually dependent in fact upon the employee for support, but docs not include a parent of a stepparent, a stepparent of a parent, or a stepparent of a stepparent; "Parent" means mother or father, stepparent or parent by adoption, who is actually dependent in fact upon the employee for support; "Wife" or "widow" means the employee's lawful wife living with or actually dependent upon him at the time of his injury or death, or living apart from the employee for any cause not due to her fault; and "Widower" means the deceased employee's lawful husband living with and actually dependent upon her.