(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (1) of this section, moneys on deposit with a state agency or officer representing unpaid wages collected on behalf of a person by the Bureau of Labor and Industries shall be payable pursuant to subsection (3) of this section.
(3) Payment authorized by subsection (1) of this section shall be made to the following groups of survivors of the decedent, their guardians or the conservators of their estates, in equal shares to all survivors in a group, and in the order listed, with no payment to survivors in any group if there is any survivor in any group preceding it as listed:
(a) Surviving spouse.
(b) The trustee of a revocable inter vivos trust created by the decedent, unless within six months after the decedent dies a will executed by the decedent requiring distribution of the amount to a different person is admitted to probate.
(c) In equal shares to the children of the decedent and to the issue of any deceased child by right of representation.
(d) Parents.
(e) Brothers and sisters.
(f) Nephews and nieces. [Formerly 291.526; 1965 c.401 §1; 1973 c.823 §125; 1979 c.763 §4; 1981 c.594 §2; 1989 c.171 §39; 1993 c.694 §33; 1995 c.290 §1]