§ 992. — Payments to adults, heirs or legatees; shares under certain amounts to revert to tribe; protection of minors and persons under legal disability.
[Laws in effect as of January 7, 2003]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 7, 2003 and December 19, 2003]
[CITE: 25USC992]
TITLE 25--INDIANS
CHAPTER 14--MISCELLANEOUS
SUBCHAPTER XLVII--CHEROKEE NATION: DISTRIBUTION OF JUDGMENT FUND
Sec. 992. Payments to adults, heirs or legatees; shares under
certain amounts to revert to tribe; protection of minors and
persons under legal disability
(a) Except as provided in subsections (b) and (c) of this section, a
share or proportional share payable to a living adult shall be paid
directly to such adult; (b) a share payable to a deceased enrollee shall
be distributed to his heirs or legatees upon the filing of proof of
death and inheritance satisfactory to the Secretary of the Interior, or
his authorized representative, whose findings and determinations upon
such proof shall be final and conclusive: Provided, That proportional
shares of deceased heirs amounting to $10 or less shall not be
distributed, and no inherited share amounting to $5 or less shall be
paid, and the money shall revert to the tribe; (c) a share or
proportional share payable to a person under twenty-one years of age or
to a person under legal disability shall be paid in accordance with such
procedures as the Secretary determines will adequately protect the best
interests of such persons.
(Pub. L. 87-775, Sec. 2, Oct. 9, 1962, 76 Stat. 776.)
