234.14—Payment to an equitably entitled person.
(a)
An equitably entitled person's funds used to pay burial expenses may consist of:
(1)
The individual's own money;
(2)
Money in a joint account with the employee or another individual;
(3)
Money paid to an individual who was named beneficiary to receive the money;
(4)
A promissory note; or
(5)
Money which several people placed into a pooled fund.
(b)
Payment is made to equitably entitled persons in the following order:
(1)
The person who paid the funeral home expenses;
(2)
The person who paid the grave opening and closing expenses;
(3)
The person who provided the burial plot; and
(4)
The person who paid any type of expenses not listed in paragraphs (b)(1) through (3) of this section.