NEW STATE POLICE BENEFITS - 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 monthly 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, provided that such person was married to you prior to your retirement or married to you at least one year prior to your death (unless death was due to accident);
- 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.
