Whether or not dependants, other than the spouse or prescribed child of the member, were living with the deceased immediately before the death, those dependants are not deemed to have been wholly dependent on the basis that they had been living with the deceased. They may, however, be deemed to have been so dependent under subsection 4(4) of the SRCA or may be found on the facts to be so dependent.
For example, children of the employee's household, other than children 'of the employee' (for example, where the employee stood in the position of parent to the child), are not 'deemed' by Ss4(5) and therefore, unless deemed by Ss4(4), need to establish their state of dependency separately i.e. on the facts. That is, whether they had been dependent upon the employee for economic support. The proof of such a child's dependency is related, to a large degree, to the dependency of the child's guardian adult on the employee.
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