43:6A-18 - Death after retirement; payments to beneficiaries - New Jersey Statutes

43:6A-18.  Death after retirement;  payments to beneficiaries
    Upon the receipt of proper proofs of the death after retirement of a member  of the retirement system, there shall be paid to his widow a survivor's benefit  of 25% of final salary for the use of herself, to continue during her  widowhood, plus 10% of final salary payable to one surviving child or plus 15%  of final salary to two or more surviving children;  if there is no surviving  widow or in case the widow dies or remarries, 15% of final salary will be  payable to one surviving child, 20% of final salary to two surviving children  in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 30% of final salary  will be payable to such children in equal shares.  For the purposes of this  section final salary means the current salary for the judicial position in  which the member served at retirement.

     L.1973, c. 140, s. 18, eff. May 22, 1973.  Amended by L.1981, c. 470, s. 11, eff. Jan. 19, 1982.