WELLS, Judge.
Claimant Melanie Winstead brings forth four assignments of error to the Commission's order, each challenging payment of death benefits to deceased's two minor stepchildren under the Workers' Compensation Act [hereinafter the Act]. These assignments of error essentially present the sole question of whether a stepchild who is substantially but not legally dependent upon a stepparent can receive death benefits under the Act, a question of first impression...
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