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2011 Nevada Revised Statutes
Chapter 286 - Public Employees’ Retirement
NRS 286.673 - Payments to child of deceased member.

Universal Citation:
NV Rev Stat § 286.673 (2011)
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1. Except as limited by NRS 286.6775, each child of a deceased member is entitled to receive a cumulative benefit of at least $400 per month, beginning on the first day of the month following the member s death.

2. Payments to any child cease on the last day of the month of:

(a) The child s adoption;

(b) The child s death;

(c) The child s marriage; or

(d) Except as otherwise provided in subsection 3, 4 or 5, the child s attaining the age of 18 years.

3. Except as otherwise provided in subsection 4, these benefits may be paid to the child of a deceased member until the last day of the month of the child s 23rd birthday if, at the time that the child attains 18 years, the child is, and continues thereafter to be, a full-time student in any accredited:

(a) High school;

(b) Vocational or technical school; or

(c) College or university.

4. If the Board ceases the payment of benefits to a child of a deceased member who received benefits pursuant to subsection 3 because the child ceased being a full-time student, the Board may resume the payment of such benefits until the last day of the month of the child s 23rd birthday if the child returns to full-time status at an accredited:

(a) High school;

(b) Vocational or technical school; or

(c) College or university.

5. These benefits may be commenced or extended indefinitely beyond a child s 18th birthday if and so long as the child is determined by the System to be:

(a) Financially dependent; and

(b) Physically or mentally incompetent.

6. All benefits under this section may be paid by the System to the child s:

(a) Surviving parent; or

(b) Legal guardian.

7. The Board shall establish uniform standards and procedures for determining whether a child is:

(a) A full-time student;

(b) Financially dependent; and

(c) Physically or mentally incompetent.

(Added to NRS by 1963, 983; A 1975, 1058; 1977, 1595; 1979, 757; 1983, 487; 1989, 1026; 1995, 254; 1999, 2621; 2005, 1066)

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