21.425 Benefits to surviving or disabled children -- Designation of beneficiaries.
(1) In any circumstances in which a surviving spouse would be entitled to any
allowance under KRS 21.420, but there is no surviving spouse or the surviving <br>spouse subsequently dies, and there is a surviving child or children of the member <br>under the age of twenty-one (21), or there is a disabled child or children, the <br>monthly allowance that the surviving spouse would have received or was receiving <br>shall be continued, as follows: <br>(a) If the member does not have a disabled child or children, the benefit shall
continue until there are no children remaining under the age of twenty-one <br>(21); or
(b) If the member has a disabled child or children, the benefit shall continue until
the death of the last remaining disabled child.
(2) A member may designate his child or children under the age of twenty-one (21), or
his disabled child or children, to receive the death benefit payable under KRS <br>21.420 instead of his spouse, or he may designate that his spouse shall receive a <br>percentage of the death benefit, and his child or children under the age of twenty-<br>one (21), or his disabled child or children, shall receive the remainder. The member <br>making such a choice shall designate his beneficiary or beneficiaries in writing to <br>the manager of the Judicial Form Retirement System on a form provided by the <br>manager.
(3) For purposes of this section, "disabled" means an individual determined by the
Social Security Administration to be entitled to total disability benefits.
Effective: July 15, 2002 <br>History: Amended 2002 Ky. Acts ch. 327, sec. 1, effective July 15, 2002. -- Amended
1998 Ky. Acts ch. 389, sec. 2, effective July 15, 1998. -- Amended 1982 Ky. Acts <br>ch. 458, sec. 10, effective April 15, 1982. -- Amended 1974 Ky. Acts ch. 232, sec. 1; <br>and ch. 386, sec. 4. -- Created 1972 Ky. Acts ch. 306, sec. 1.
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