Fla. Stat. 222.15
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives

(1)

It is lawful for any employer, in case of the death of an employee, to pay to the wife or husband, and in case there is no wife or husband, then to the child or children, provided the child or children are over the age of 18 years, and in case there is no child or children, then to the father or mother, any wages or travel expenses that may be due such employee at the time of his or her death.

(2)

It is also lawful for the Department of Commerce, in case of death of any unemployed individual, to pay to those persons referred to in subsection (1) any reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments that may be due to the individual at the time of his or her death.

Source: Section 222.15 — Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives, https://www.­flsenate.­gov/Laws/Statutes/2024/0222.­15 (accessed Aug. 7, 2025).

222.01
Designation of homestead by owner before levy 222.02
Designation of homestead after levy 222.03
Survey at instance of dissatisfied creditor 222.04
Sale after survey 222.05
Setting apart leasehold 222.07
Defendant’s rights of selection 222.08
Jurisdiction to set apart homestead and exemption 222.09
Injunction to prevent sale 222.10
Jurisdiction to subject property claimed to be exempt 222.11
Exemption of wages from garnishment 222.13
Life insurance policies 222.14
Exemption of cash surrender value of life insurance policies and annuity contracts from legal process 222.15
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments due deceased employee may be paid spouse or certain relatives 222.16
Wages or reemployment assistance or unemployment compensation payments so paid not subject to administration 222.17
Manifesting and evidencing domicile in Florida 222.18
Exempting disability income benefits from legal processes 222.20
Nonavailability of federal bankruptcy exemptions 222.21
Exemption of pension money and certain tax-exempt funds or accounts from legal processes 222.22
Exemption of assets in qualified tuition programs, medical savings accounts, Coverdell education savings accounts, and hurricane savings accounts from legal process 222.25
Other individual property of natural persons exempt from legal process 222.26
Additional exemptions from legal process concerning medical debt 222.29
No exemption for fraudulent transfers 222.30
Fraudulent asset conversions 222.061
Method of exempting personal property 222.201
Availability of federal bankruptcy exemptions

Current through Fall 2025

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