2013 New Jersey Revised Statutes
Title 53 - STATE POLICE
Section 53:5A-25 - Death after retirement
53:5A-25. Death after retirement
Upon the death after retirement of a member of the retirement system, there shall be paid to the surviving spouse a pension of 50% of final compensation for the use of that spouse and children of the deceased, to continue for so long as the person qualifies as a "surviving spouse" for the purposes of this act; if there is no surviving spouse or in case the spouse dies or remarries 20% of final compensation will be payable to one surviving child, 35% of final compensation to two surviving children in equal shares and if there be three or more children, 50% of final compensation will be payable to such children in equal shares.
b. (Deleted by amendment. P.L. 1980, c. 55.)
L. 1965, c. 89, s. 25, eff. July 1, 1965. Amended by L. 1980, c. 55, s. 3; L. 1985, c. 355, s. 4.
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