COUNTY AND MUNICIPAL (POLICE/FIREFIGHTERS) PLAN - SURVIVOR BENEFITS
ELIGIBLE SURVIVOR:
- If you die in active service, your eligible survivor will be paid a survivor's pension beginning the month following your death. The amount of the pension is one-half of your final average compensation.
- If you die while receiving a service or disability pension, the pension payable to your eligible survivor or survivors, beginning the month following your death, will be equal to one-half of such pension.
- If you die and you have a vested right to a pension, your eligible survivor will be due a survivor pension equal to one-half of the service pension you would have been entitled to receive. The survivor's pension will begin with the month you would have been eligible to receive such pension.
PRIORITY:
The following lists the priority of survivors unless you change the priority by filing a form with the Board of Pension Trustees:
- Surviving spouse,
- Unmarried child or children either under age 18 or between age 18 and 22, and attending school on a full-time basis, or over age 18 but permanently disabled before age 18;
- Dependent parent who was receiving one-half of his or her support from you at the time of your death.
If the primary survivor ceases to be eligible for a survivor's pension, that pension becomes payable to the next eligible survivor.
