8.3.2.3 Tolling of Limitations Periods

• Jurisdiction: Arizona

. The one-year period within which a death compensation claim must be made^[48] and the ninety days within which a request for hearing in protest of a notice of claim status must be filed^[49] are tolled for minors.^[50]

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^[48]A.R.S. § 23-1061 (A) (Supp. 1991).

^[49]A.R.S. § 23-947 (A) (Supp. 1991).

^[50]See also Weaver v. Martori, 69 Ariz. 45, 208 P.2d 652 (1949); but see Federico v. Industrial Comm’n, 186 Ariz. 382, 923 P.2d 848 (Ct. App. 1996). A surviving parent’s entitlement to death benefits continues only so long as the dependency continues, and may cease with a subsequent change in financial conditions, such as receipt of the proceeds of the decedent’s life insurance..