Section 7-117. ASSIGNMENT OF CLAIM AND DELIVERY OF COMPENSATION

 

117.1An assignment for a claim of compensation under this chapter is void. 

 

117.2Compensation received under this chapter is exempt from the claims of creditors.  This subsection does not apply in the case of a valid court order to garnish wages for child support or other lawful purposes.

 

117.3A payment of compensation, schedule award, settlement payment, or any other payment made under this chapter shall not be delivered to any person other than the claimant entitled to that payment or that claimant's legal guardian unless the employee has submitted a request in writing that the payment be delivered to another specified person, including the claimant’s attorney, and which is not in violation of section 2330 or any provision of the Act.  This subsection shall not apply to attorneys’ fees that a judicial entity may order the Program to pay an attorney under the Act.

 

authority

Chief Risk Officer of the Office of Risk Management (ORM), Executive Office of the Mayor, pursuant to the authority set forth in section 2344 of the District of Columbia Government Merit Personnel Act of 1978 (CMPA), effective March 3, 1979 (D.C. Law 2-139; D.C. Official Code § 1-623.44 (2012 Supp.)); section 7 of Reorganization Plan No. 1 of 2003 for the Office of Risk Management, effective December 15, 2003; and Mayor’s Order 2004-198, effective December 14, 2004

source

Notice of Final Rulemaking published at 28 DCR 2307 (May 22, 1981); repealed and replaced by Final Rulemaking published at 59 DCR 8766, 8783 (July 27, 2012).